#22B5E3#22B5E3

#22B5E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B5E3
RGB	rgb(34, 181, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 20.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -20.76, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 39.26, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0916 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.131 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0429, 38.9299, 78.5362)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B5E3 #E35022

analogous

#22E3B1 #22B5E3 #2254E3

triadic

#22B5E3 #E322B5 #B5E322

tetradic

#22B5E3 #B122E3 #E35022 #54E322

square

#22B5E3 #B122E3 #E35022 #54E322

split-complementary

#22B5E3 #E32254 #E3B122

monochromatic

#10617B #168CB1 #22B5E3 #58C7EA #8FD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#22B5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#22B5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B5E3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B5E3	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 181, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbec',
    500: '#22b5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b5e3;
$custom-light: #81cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.301,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B5E3

secondary

#DB9A86

accent

#6234F4

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B5E3

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

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