#229E77#229E77

#229E77 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E77
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -42.33, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 43.77, 165.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.1167 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.12 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2144, 26.1237, 21.6370)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E77 #9E2249

analogous

#229E39 #229E77 #22879E

triadic

#229E77 #77229E #9E7722

tetradic

#229E77 #39229E #9E2249 #879E22

square

#229E77 #39229E #9E2249 #879E22

split-complementary

#229E77 #9E2287 #9E3922

monochromatic

#0C392B #176C51 #229E77 #2DD09D #5EDCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E77

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E77	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9e',
    500: '#229e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e77;
$custom-light: #72bb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.129,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E77

secondary

#C15B7B

accent

#4075E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E77

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

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