Color specimenNo. 02282478

#22D3EE

Vivid Cyan

A deterministic reference card for #22D3EE. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
34, 211, 238
HSL
188°, 86%, 53%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · cyan

tailwind · cyan 400

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-cyan-400, text-cyan-400, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · cyan

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Class name
cyan-400
Hex
#22D3EE
Closest CSS named color
deepskyblue
Full color breakdown
/color/22d3ee

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #22D3EE as the text color.

1.81:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #22D3EE as the text color.

11.62:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #22D3EE as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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Other stops in cyan