#22B4BD#22B4BD

#22B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B4BD
RGB	rgb(34, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -32.58, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 35.87, 204.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1058 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.114 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1621, 36.6534, 53.8302)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B4BD #BD2B22

analogous

#22BD78 #22B4BD #2266BD

triadic

#22B4BD #BD22B4 #B4BD22

tetradic

#22B4BD #7822BD #BD2B22 #66BD22

square

#22B4BD #7822BD #BD2B22 #66BD22

split-complementary

#22B4BD #BD2266 #BD7822

monochromatic

#0F5155 #198389 #22B4BD #40D3DD #73DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#22B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#22B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B4BD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B4BD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd0',
    500: '#22b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b4bd;
$custom-light: #7ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70324,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B4BD

secondary

#CD736E

accent

#463BEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B4BD

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

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