#229E76#229E76

#229E76 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E76
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 118)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 25.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -42.57, 11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 44.14, 164.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.1172 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.121 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1547, 26.0998, 21.3224)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E76 #9E224A

analogous

#229E38 #229E76 #22889E

triadic

#229E76 #76229E #9E7622

tetradic

#229E76 #38229E #9E224A #889E22

square

#229E76 #38229E #9E224A #889E22

split-complementary

#229E76 #9E2288 #9E3822

monochromatic

#0C392B #176C50 #229E76 #2DD09C #5EDCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#229E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E76

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E76	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9d',
    500: '#229e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e76;
$custom-light: #72bb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62415,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E76

secondary

#C15B7C

accent

#4076E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E76

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

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