#229E72#229E72

#229E72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E72
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -43.53, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 45.66, 162.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1192 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.124 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9220, 26.0068, 20.0970)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E72 #9E224E

analogous

#229E34 #229E72 #228C9E

triadic

#229E72 #72229E #9E7222

tetradic

#229E72 #34229E #9E224E #8C9E22

square

#229E72 #34229E #9E224E #8C9E22

split-complementary

#229E72 #9E228C #9E3422

monochromatic

#0C3929 #176C4E #229E72 #2DD096 #5EDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#229E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E72

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E72	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9a',
    500: '#229e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e72;
$custom-light: #72bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.71,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E72

secondary

#C15B7F

accent

#407CE8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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