#22B496#22B496

#22B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B496
RGB	rgb(34, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -43.75, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 44.02, 173.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.1236 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.124 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4831, 35.1818, 34.4541)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B496 #B42240

analogous

#22B44D #22B496 #2289B4

triadic

#22B496 #9622B4 #B49622

tetradic

#22B496 #4D22B4 #B42240 #89B422

square

#22B496 #4D22B4 #B42240 #89B422

split-complementary

#22B496 #B42289 #B44D22

monochromatic

#0F4D40 #18816B #22B496 #3ADAB9 #6DE3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#22B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#22B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B496

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B496	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb4',
    500: '#22b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b496;
$custom-light: #78cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.671,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B496

secondary

#CA687C

accent

#3D61EB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B496

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

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