#229E73#229E73

#229E73 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E73
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -43.29, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 45.27, 162.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1187 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.123 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9793, 26.0297, 20.3984)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E73 #9E224D

analogous

#229E35 #229E73 #228B9E

triadic

#229E73 #73229E #9E7322

tetradic

#229E73 #35229E #9E224D #8B9E22

square

#229E73 #35229E #9E224D #8B9E22

split-complementary

#229E73 #9E228B #9E3522

monochromatic

#0C392A #176C4E #229E73 #2DD098 #5EDCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#229E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E73

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E73	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9b',
    500: '#229e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e73;
$custom-light: #72bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62338,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E73

secondary

#C15B7E

accent

#407AE8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E73

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

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