#22738B#22738B

#22738B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.084 H 222.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22738B
RGB	rgb(34, 115, 139)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, -15.53, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 25.37, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0623 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.084 222)
XYZ	xyz(11.4487, 14.4643, 26.6096)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22738B #8B3A22

analogous

#228B6F #22738B #223F8B

triadic

#22738B #8B2273 #738B22

tetradic

#22738B #6F228B #8B3A22 #3F8B22

square

#22738B #6F228B #8B3A22 #3F8B22

split-complementary

#22738B #8B223F #8B6F22

monochromatic

#0A2229 #164A5A #22738B #2E9CBC #53B7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#22738B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#22738B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #22738B

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22738B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##22738B	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22738b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 115, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.084 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d9bad',
    500: '#22738b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22738b;
$custom-light: #6d9bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22738b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51858,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22738B

secondary

#B86850

accent

#6944E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #22738B

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

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