#228AA9#228AA9

#228AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.101 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228AA9
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -17.78, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 30.32, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0735 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.101 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9066, 21.3795, 40.7640)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228AA9 #A94122

analogous

#22A985 #228AA9 #2246A9

triadic

#228AA9 #A9228A #8AA922

tetradic

#228AA9 #8522A9 #A94122 #46A922

square

#228AA9 #8522A9 #A94122 #46A922

split-complementary

#228AA9 #A92246 #A98522

monochromatic

#0D3743 #186076 #228AA9 #32B0D6 #65C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#228AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228AA9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228AA9	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.101 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acc2',
    500: '#228aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228aa9;
$custom-light: #74acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228AA9

secondary

#C57861

accent

#663EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228AA9

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

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