#22C4A9#22C4A9
#22C4A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #22C4A9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(34, 196, 169) |
| HSL | hsl(170, 70%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(170, 83%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.34, -45.53, 2.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.34, 45.59, 177.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.66% -0.1301 0.0056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.66% 0.13 177.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.5573, 42.6810, 44.3143) |
| Luminance | 0.4269 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise (survey)
#06C2AC
ΔE00 1.73
Tealish
#24BCA8
ΔE00 2.86
Greeny Blue
#42B395
ΔE00 5.19
Topaz
#13BBAF
ΔE00 5.27
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 5.45
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#22C4A9 #C4223D
analogous
#22C458 #22C4A9 #228EC4
triadic
#22C4A9 #A922C4 #C4A922
tetradic
#22C4A9 #5822C4 #C4223D #8EC422
square
#22C4A9 #5822C4 #C4223D #8EC422
split-complementary
#22C4A9 #C4228E #C45822
monochromatic
#105C4F #19907C #22C4A9 #45DFC5 #79E8D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#22C4A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.54
#22C4A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #22C4A9
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##22C4A9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##22C4A9 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.54 | 9.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCB7A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8A9AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #22c4a9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 196, 169); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 177.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#7cd7c2',
500: '#22c4a9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #22c4a9; $custom-light: #7cd7c2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#22c4a9",
"rgb": {
"r": 34,
"g": 196,
"b": 169
},
"hsl": {
"h": 170,
"s": 70.435,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73655,
"c": 0.13026,
"h": 177.5
},
"luminance": 0.42685
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#22C4A9
secondary
#CF7382
accent
#3B58ED
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0B1412
muted
#7C8381