#22B8BD#22B8BD

#22B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B8BD
RGB	rgb(34, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -34.47, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.91, 200.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.1096 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.116 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9812, 38.2917, 54.1032)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B8BD #BD2722

analogous

#22BD74 #22B8BD #226BBD

triadic

#22B8BD #BD22B8 #B8BD22

tetradic

#22B8BD #7422BD #BD2722 #6BBD22

square

#22B8BD #7422BD #BD2722 #6BBD22

split-complementary

#22B8BD #BD226B #BD7422

monochromatic

#0F5355 #198689 #22B8BD #40D8DD #73E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#22B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#22B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B8BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B8BD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#22b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b8bd;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B8BD

secondary

#CD716E

accent

#413BEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B8BD

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

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