#22B4E3#22B4E3

#22B4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B4E3
RGB	rgb(34, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -20.24, -33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 39.38, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0907 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.131 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8403, 38.5247, 78.4687)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B4E3 #E35122

analogous

#22E3B1 #22B4E3 #2253E3

triadic

#22B4E3 #E322B4 #B4E322

tetradic

#22B4E3 #B122E3 #E35122 #53E322

square

#22B4E3 #B122E3 #E35122 #53E322

split-complementary

#22B4E3 #E32253 #E3B122

monochromatic

#10617B #168CB1 #22B4E3 #58C6EA #8FD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#22B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#22B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B4E3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B4E3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81caec',
    500: '#22b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b4e3;
$custom-light: #81caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.611,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B4E3

secondary

#DB9B86

accent

#6334F4

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B4E3

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

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