#229E7E#229E7E

#229E7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7E
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -40.57, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 41.25, 169.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.1133 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.115 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6504, 26.2981, 23.9331)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7E #9E2242

analogous

#229E40 #229E7E #22809E

triadic

#229E7E #7E229E #9E7E22

tetradic

#229E7E #40229E #9E2242 #809E22

square

#229E7E #40229E #9E2242 #809E22

split-complementary

#229E7E #9E2280 #9E4022

monochromatic

#0C392E #176C56 #229E7E #2DD0A6 #5EDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7E	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba3',
    500: '#229e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7e;
$custom-light: #73bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7E

secondary

#C15B75

accent

#406BE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7E

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

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