#228ABC#228ABC

#228ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.117 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228ABC
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -11.07, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 35.92, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0666 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.117 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8216, 22.1455, 50.8497)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228ABC #BC5422

analogous

#22BCA1 #228ABC #223DBC

triadic

#228ABC #BC228A #8ABC22

tetradic

#228ABC #A122BC #BC5422 #3DBC22

square

#228ABC #A122BC #BC5422 #3DBC22

split-complementary

#228ABC #BC223D #BCA122

monochromatic

#0F3E54 #196488 #228ABC #3FA9DC #73C0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#228ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#228ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228ABC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228ABC	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7289BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.117 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acd0',
    500: '#228abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228abc;
$custom-light: #77acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.481,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59985,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228ABC

secondary

#CD8C6D

accent

#753CEC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #228ABC

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

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