#229E78#229E78

#229E78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E78
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -42.08, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 43.40, 165.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.1162 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.119 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2748, 26.1479, 21.9550)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E78 #9E2248

analogous

#229E3A #229E78 #22869E

triadic

#229E78 #78229E #9E7822

tetradic

#229E78 #3A229E #9E2248 #869E22

square

#229E78 #3A229E #9E2248 #869E22

split-complementary

#229E78 #9E2286 #9E3A22

monochromatic

#0C392B #176C52 #229E78 #2DD09E #5EDCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E78

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E78	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)

#9A9276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9f',
    500: '#229e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e78;
$custom-light: #72bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E78

secondary

#C15B7A

accent

#4074E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E78

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

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