#229E7D#229E7D

#229E7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7D
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 125)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -40.83, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 41.60, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1138 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.116 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5862, 26.2724, 23.5950)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7D #9E2243

analogous

#229E3F #229E7D #22819E

triadic

#229E7D #7D229E #9E7D22

tetradic

#229E7D #3F229E #9E2243 #819E22

square

#229E7D #3F229E #9E2243 #819E22

split-complementary

#229E7D #9E2281 #9E3F22

monochromatic

#0C392D #176C55 #229E7D #2DD0A5 #5EDCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#229E7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7D	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)

#99937B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba2',
    500: '#229e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7d;
$custom-light: #72bba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62602,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7D

secondary

#C15B76

accent

#406DE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7D

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

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