#229E7B#229E7B

#229E7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7B
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 22.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -41.33, 9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 42.31, 167.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.1148 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.117 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4597, 26.2218, 22.9289)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7B #9E2245

analogous

#229E3D #229E7B #22839E

triadic

#229E7B #7B229E #9E7B22

tetradic

#229E7B #3D229E #9E2245 #839E22

square

#229E7B #3D229E #9E2245 #839E22

split-complementary

#229E7B #9E2283 #9E3D22

monochromatic

#0C392D #176C54 #229E7B #2DD0A2 #5EDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#229E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7B	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9A9379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba1',
    500: '#229e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7b;
$custom-light: #72bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.065,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62547,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7B

secondary

#C15B78

accent

#406FE8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7B

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

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