#229E79#229E79

#229E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E79
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -41.83, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 43.03, 166.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.1157 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.119 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3358, 26.1723, 22.2762)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E79 #9E2247

analogous

#229E3B #229E79 #22859E

triadic

#229E79 #79229E #9E7922

tetradic

#229E79 #3B229E #9E2247 #859E22

square

#229E79 #3B229E #9E2247 #859E22

split-complementary

#229E79 #9E2285 #9E3B22

monochromatic

#0C392C #176C52 #229E79 #2DD0A0 #5EDCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E79

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E79	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)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9f',
    500: '#229e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e79;
$custom-light: #72bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.097,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E79

secondary

#C15B79

accent

#4072E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E79

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

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