#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
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -20.85, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 28.83, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0772 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.095 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0906, 21.0531, 36.4665)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##228AA0	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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