#22B8BC#22B8BC

#22B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B8BC
RGB	rgb(34, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -34.78, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 37.02, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.11 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.116 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8731, 38.2485, 53.5335)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B8BC #BC2622

analogous

#22BC73 #22B8BC #226BBC

triadic

#22B8BC #BC22B8 #B8BC22

tetradic

#22B8BC #7322BC #BC2622 #6BBC22

square

#22B8BC #7322BC #BC2622 #6BBC22

split-complementary

#22B8BC #BC226B #BC7322

monochromatic

#0F5354 #198588 #22B8BC #3FD8DC #73E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#22B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#22B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B8BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B8BC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#22b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b8bc;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.558,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71278,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B8BC

secondary

#CD706D

accent

#403CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B8BC

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

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