#229E7F#229E7F

#229E7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E7F
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 127)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 19.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -40.31, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 40.90, 170.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1128 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.114 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7153, 26.3241, 24.2746)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E7F #9E2241

analogous

#229E41 #229E7F #227F9E

triadic

#229E7F #7F229E #9E7F22

tetradic

#229E7F #41229E #9E2241 #7F9E22

square

#229E7F #41229E #9E2241 #7F9E22

split-complementary

#229E7F #9E227F #9E4122

monochromatic

#0C392E #176C57 #229E7F #2DD0A7 #5EDCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#229E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E7F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E7F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba4',
    500: '#229e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e7f;
$custom-light: #73bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E7F

secondary

#C15B74

accent

#406AE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E7F

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

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