#228BA1#228BA1

#228BA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BA1
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -21.04, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 29.00, 223.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0777 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.096 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3226, 21.3765, 36.9771)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BA1 #A13822

analogous

#22A177 #228BA1 #224BA1

triadic

#228BA1 #A1228B #8BA122

tetradic

#228BA1 #7722A1 #A13822 #4BA122

square

#228BA1 #7722A1 #A13822 #4BA122

split-complementary

#228BA1 #A1224B #A17722

monochromatic

#0D343C #175F6E #228BA1 #2DB6D3 #60C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#228BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BA1

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BA1	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)

#7C86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbc',
    500: '#228ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ba1;
$custom-light: #73adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58954,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BA1

secondary

#C26E5D

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BA1

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

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