#22B9BC#22B9BC

#22B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B9BC
RGB	rgb(34, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -35.25, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 37.30, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.111 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.116 197)
XYZ	xyz(27.0815, 38.6654, 53.6030)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B9BC #BC2522

analogous

#22BC72 #22B9BC #226CBC

triadic

#22B9BC #BC22B9 #B9BC22

tetradic

#22B9BC #7222BC #BC2522 #6CBC22

square

#22B9BC #7222BC #BC2522 #6CBC22

split-complementary

#22B9BC #BC226C #BC7222

monochromatic

#0F5354 #198688 #22B9BC #3FD9DC #73E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#22B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#22B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B9BC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B9BC	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#22b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b9bc;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.169,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B9BC

secondary

#CD6F6D

accent

#3F3CEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1414

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B9BC

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

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