#228AA0#228AA0

#228AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228AA0
RGBrgb(34, 138, 160)
HSLhsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(190, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.01, -20.85, -19.91)
CIE-LCHlch(53.01, 28.83, 223.68°)
OKLaboklab(58.66% -0.0772 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(58.66% 0.095 215.8)
XYZxyz(16.0906, 21.0531, 36.4665)
Luminance0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228AA0 #A03822
analogous
#22A077 #228AA0 #224BA0
triadic
#228AA0 #A0228A #8AA022
tetradic
#228AA0 #7722A0 #A03822 #4BA022
square
#228AA0 #7722A0 #A03822 #4BA022
split-complementary
#228AA0 #A0224B #A07722
monochromatic
#0D333B #175E6E #228AA0 #2DB5D2 #5FC7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03
#228AA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21
#228AA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228AA0
5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228AA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228AA01.004.035.215.21
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2121.001.001.00
##0000005.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B86A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A79A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 215.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbc',
    500: '#228aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228aa0;
$custom-light: #73acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58658,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228AA0
secondary
#C26E5C
accent
#5D40E8
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F6
border
#C9CED0
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228AA0

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#228AA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva