#22A5A8#22A5A8

#22A5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.105 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22A5A8
RGB	rgb(34, 165, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -31.86, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 33.80, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.1005 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.105 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1794, 30.0748, 41.7270)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22A5A8 #A82522

analogous

#22A868 #22A5A8 #2262A8

triadic

#22A5A8 #A822A5 #A5A822

tetradic

#22A5A8 #6822A8 #A82522 #62A822

square

#22A5A8 #6822A8 #A82522 #62A822

split-complementary

#22A5A8 #A82262 #A86822

monochromatic

#0D4142 #187375 #22A5A8 #32D2D5 #65DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#22A5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#22A5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22A5A8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22A5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22A5A8	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22a5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 165, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.105 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c0c1',
    500: '#22a5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22a5a8;
$custom-light: #77c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22a5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22A5A8

secondary

#C56361

accent

#423FE9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #22A5A8

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

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