#229E7C#229E7C

#229E7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7C
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 21.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -41.08, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 41.95, 168.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1143 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.116 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5227, 26.2470, 23.2602)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7C #9E2244

analogous

#229E3E #229E7C #22829E

triadic

#229E7C #7C229E #9E7C22

tetradic

#229E7C #3E229E #9E2244 #829E22

square

#229E7C #3E229E #9E2244 #829E22

split-complementary

#229E7C #9E2282 #9E3E22

monochromatic

#0C392D #176C54 #229E7C #2DD0A4 #5EDCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#229E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A937A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba2',
    500: '#229e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7c;
$custom-light: #72bba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.548,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62575,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7C

secondary

#C15B77

accent

#406EE8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7C

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

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