#22A4A8#22A4A8

#22A4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22A4A8
RGB	rgb(34, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -31.38, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 33.51, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0995 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9998, 29.7155, 41.6671)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22A4A8 #A82622

analogous

#22A869 #22A4A8 #2261A8

triadic

#22A4A8 #A822A4 #A4A822

tetradic

#22A4A8 #6922A8 #A82622 #61A822

square

#22A4A8 #6922A8 #A82622 #61A822

split-complementary

#22A4A8 #A82261 #A86922

monochromatic

#0D4142 #187275 #22A4A8 #32D1D5 #65DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#22A4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#22A4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #22A4A8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22A4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22A4A8	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22a4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bfc1',
    500: '#22a4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22a4a8;
$custom-light: #77bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22a4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65546,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22A4A8

secondary

#C56461

accent

#443FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #22A4A8

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

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