#22A5C9#22A5C9

#22A5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22A5C9
RGB	rgb(34, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -21.21, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 35.09, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0868 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.117 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6530, 31.4643, 60.0209)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22A5C9 #C94622

analogous

#22C999 #22A5C9 #2251C9

triadic

#22A5C9 #C922A5 #A5C922

tetradic

#22A5C9 #9922C9 #C94622 #51C922

square

#22A5C9 #9922C9 #C94622 #51C922

split-complementary

#22A5C9 #C92251 #C99922

monochromatic

#104F60 #197A95 #22A5C9 #48BFE0 #7CD2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#22A5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#22A5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22A5C9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22A5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22A5C9	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22a5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc0d9',
    500: '#22a5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22a5c9;
$custom-light: #7cc0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22a5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.934,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67142,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22A5C9

secondary

#D18976

accent

#613AEE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF7FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #22A5C9

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

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