#22B9BB#22B9BB

#22B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B9BB
RGB	rgb(34, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -35.55, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 37.43, 198.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1114 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.116 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9741, 38.6224, 53.0373)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B9BB #BB2422

analogous

#22BB70 #22B9BB #226CBB

triadic

#22B9BB #BB22B9 #B9BB22

tetradic

#22B9BB #7022BB #BB2422 #6CBB22

square

#22B9BB #7022BB #BB2422 #6CBB22

split-complementary

#22B9BB #BB226C #BB7022

monochromatic

#0F5353 #198687 #22B9BB #3EDADC #72E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#22B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#22B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B9BB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B9BB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccecf',
    500: '#22b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b9bb;
$custom-light: #7ccecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.784,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71489,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B9BB

secondary

#CC6E6D

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B9BB

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

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