#22A5A9#22A5A9

#22A5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.105 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22A5A9
RGB	rgb(34, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -31.56, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 33.69, 200.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.1 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.105 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2730, 30.1122, 42.2195)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22A5A9 #A92622

analogous

#22A96A #22A5A9 #2261A9

triadic

#22A5A9 #A922A5 #A5A922

tetradic

#22A5A9 #6A22A9 #A92622 #61A922

square

#22A5A9 #6A22A9 #A92622 #61A922

split-complementary

#22A5A9 #A92261 #A96A22

monochromatic

#0D4243 #187376 #22A5A9 #32D1D6 #65DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#22A5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#22A5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22A5A9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22A5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22A5A9	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)

#999DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22a5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.105 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c0c2',
    500: '#22a5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22a5a9;
$custom-light: #77c0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22a5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65835,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22A5A9

secondary

#C56461

accent

#433EE9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #22A5A9

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

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