#228AA1#228AA1

#228AA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228AA1
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -20.51, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 28.95, 224.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0767 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.096 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1784, 21.0883, 36.9291)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228AA1 #A13922

analogous

#22A178 #228AA1 #224AA1

triadic

#228AA1 #A1228A #8AA122

tetradic

#228AA1 #7822A1 #A13922 #4AA122

square

#228AA1 #7822A1 #A13922 #4AA122

split-complementary

#228AA1 #A1224A #A17822

monochromatic

#0D333C #175F6E #228AA1 #2DB5D3 #60C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228AA1

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228AA1	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A79A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbc',
    500: '#228aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228aa1;
$custom-light: #73acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58702,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228AA1

secondary

#C26F5D

accent

#5E40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228AA1

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

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