#22B8BA#22B8BA

#22B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B8BA
RGB	rgb(34, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -35.38, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 37.25, 198.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1109 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.116 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6590, 38.1628, 52.4060)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B8BA #BA2422

analogous

#22BA70 #22B8BA #226CBA

triadic

#22B8BA #BA22B8 #B8BA22

tetradic

#22B8BA #7022BA #BA2422 #6CBA22

square

#22B8BA #7022BA #BA2422 #6CBA22

split-complementary

#22B8BA #BA226C #BA7022

monochromatic

#0F5253 #198586 #22B8BA #3EDADC #71E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#22B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#22B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B8BA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B8BA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccece',
    500: '#22b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b8ba;
$custom-light: #7ccece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B8BA

secondary

#CC6D6C

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B8BA

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

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