#228BA6#228BA6

#228BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.099 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BA6
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -19.35, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 29.70, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0757 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.099 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7723, 21.5564, 39.3458)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BA6 #A63D22

analogous

#22A67F #228BA6 #2249A6

triadic

#228BA6 #A6228B #8BA622

tetradic

#228BA6 #7F22A6 #A63D22 #49A622

square

#228BA6 #7F22A6 #A63D22 #49A622

split-complementary

#228BA6 #A62249 #A67F22

monochromatic

#0D3640 #186073 #228BA6 #30B3D5 #63C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#228BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#228BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BA6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BA6	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.099 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc0',
    500: '#228ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ba6;
$custom-light: #74adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59174,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BA6

secondary

#C4745F

accent

#623FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BA6

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

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