#229F72#229F72

#229F72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.126 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F72
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 28.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -43.94, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 46.18, 162.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1202 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.126 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0933, 26.3493, 20.1541)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F72 #9F224F

analogous

#229F33 #229F72 #228D9F

triadic

#229F72 #72229F #9F7222

tetradic

#229F72 #33229F #9F224F #8D9F22

square

#229F72 #33229F #9F224F #8D9F22

split-complementary

#229F72 #9F228D #9F3322

monochromatic

#0C3A2A #176D4E #229F72 #2DD196 #5FDDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#229F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F72

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F72	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)

#9C936F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.126 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bc9a',
    500: '#229f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f72;
$custom-light: #72bc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62579,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F72

secondary

#C15B80

accent

#407CE8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F72

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

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