#228A9F#228A9F

#228A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -21.19, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 28.72, 222.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0776 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.095 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0035, 21.0183, 36.0076)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A9F #9F3722

analogous

#229F75 #228A9F #224B9F

triadic

#228A9F #9F228A #8A9F22

tetradic

#228A9F #75229F #9F3722 #4B9F22

square

#228A9F #75229F #9F3722 #4B9F22

split-complementary

#228A9F #9F224B #9F7522

monochromatic

#0C323A #175E6D #228A9F #2DB6D1 #5FC8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#228A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A9F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A9F	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbb',
    500: '#228a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a9f;
$custom-light: #73acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58615,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A9F

secondary

#C16D5B

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A9F

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

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