#229E7A#229E7A

#229E7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7A
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -41.58, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 42.67, 167.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.1153 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.118 168)
XYZ	xyz(16.3975, 26.1969, 22.6009)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7A #9E2246

analogous

#229E3C #229E7A #22849E

triadic

#229E7A #7A229E #9E7A22

tetradic

#229E7A #3C229E #9E2246 #849E22

square

#229E7A #3C229E #9E2246 #849E22

split-complementary

#229E7A #9E2284 #9E3C22

monochromatic

#0C392C #176C53 #229E7A #2DD0A1 #5EDCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#229E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7A	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba0',
    500: '#229e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7a;
$custom-light: #72bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6252,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.26199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7A

secondary

#C15B78

accent

#4071E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7A

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

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