#22B9BD#22B9BD

#22B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22B9BD
RGB	rgb(34, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -34.94, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 37.19, 200.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1105 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.116 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1897, 38.7087, 54.1727)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22B9BD #BD2622

analogous

#22BD73 #22B9BD #226BBD

triadic

#22B9BD #BD22B9 #B9BD22

tetradic

#22B9BD #7322BD #BD2622 #6BBD22

square

#22B9BD #7322BD #BD2622 #6BBD22

split-complementary

#22B9BD #BD226B #BD7322

monochromatic

#0F5355 #198689 #22B9BD #40D9DD #73E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#22B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#22B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #22B9BD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##22B9BD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced0',
    500: '#22b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22b9bd;
$custom-light: #7cced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71561,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22B9BD

secondary

#CD706E

accent

#403BEC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1414

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #22B9BD

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

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