#229F6F#229F6F

#229F6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F6F
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 111)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 30.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -44.63, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 47.35, 160.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.1217 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.128 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9253, 26.2821, 19.2695)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F6F #9F2252

analogous

#229F30 #229F6F #22909F

triadic

#229F6F #6F229F #9F6F22

tetradic

#229F6F #30229F #9F2252 #909F22

square

#229F6F #30229F #9F2252 #909F22

split-complementary

#229F6F #9F2290 #9F3022

monochromatic

#0C3A29 #176D4C #229F6F #2DD192 #5FDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229F6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F6F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F6F	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9D936C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bc98',
    500: '#229f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f6f;
$custom-light: #72bc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.96,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F6F

secondary

#C15B83

accent

#4080E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F6F

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

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