#228AA7#228AA7

#228AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.099 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228AA7
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -18.47, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 29.91, 231.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0743 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.099 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7203, 21.3050, 39.7828)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228AA7 #A73F22

analogous

#22A782 #228AA7 #2247A7

triadic

#228AA7 #A7228A #8AA722

tetradic

#228AA7 #8222A7 #A73F22 #47A722

square

#228AA7 #8222A7 #A73F22 #47A722

split-complementary

#228AA7 #A72247 #A78222

monochromatic

#0D3641 #186074 #228AA7 #31B1D5 #64C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#228AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228AA7

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228AA7	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.099 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acc1',
    500: '#228aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228aa7;
$custom-light: #74acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58969,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228AA7

secondary

#C57660

accent

#643FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228AA7

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

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