#22B2E3#22B2E3

#22B2E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B2E3
RGB	rgb(34, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -19.19, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 39.65, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0889 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.132 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4394, 37.7230, 78.3351)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B2E3 #E35322

analogous

#22E3B3 #22B2E3 #2251E3

triadic

#22B2E3 #E322B2 #B2E322

tetradic

#22B2E3 #B322E3 #E35322 #51E322

square

#22B2E3 #B322E3 #E35322 #51E322

split-complementary

#22B2E3 #E32251 #E3B322

monochromatic

#10607B #168AB1 #22B2E3 #58C5EA #8FD8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#22B2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#22B2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B2E3

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B2E3	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9ec',
    500: '#22b2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b2e3;
$custom-light: #81c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.233,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71432,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B2E3

secondary

#DB9B86

accent

#6534F4

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B2E3

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

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