#228AA8#228AA8

#228AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.100 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -18.12, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 30.11, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0739 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.1 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8131, 21.3421, 40.2715)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228AA8 #A84022

analogous

#22A883 #228AA8 #2247A8

triadic

#228AA8 #A8228A #8AA822

tetradic

#228AA8 #8322A8 #A84022 #47A822

square

#228AA8 #8322A8 #A84022 #47A822

split-complementary

#228AA8 #A82247 #A88322

monochromatic

#0D3642 #186075 #228AA8 #32B1D5 #65C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228AA8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228AA8	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.100 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acc2',
    500: '#228aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228aa8;
$custom-light: #74acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59015,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228AA8

secondary

#C57761

accent

#653FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228AA8

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

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