#228BA8#228BA8

#228BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.100 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BA8
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -18.66, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 30.06, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0749 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.1 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9572, 21.6304, 40.3196)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BA8 #A83F22

analogous

#22A882 #228BA8 #2248A8

triadic

#228BA8 #A8228B #8BA822

tetradic

#228BA8 #8222A8 #A83F22 #48A822

square

#228BA8 #8222A8 #A83F22 #48A822

split-complementary

#228BA8 #A82248 #A88222

monochromatic

#0D3742 #186175 #228BA8 #32B2D5 #65C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#228BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BA8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BA8	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.100 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc2',
    500: '#228ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ba8;
$custom-light: #74adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59264,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BA8

secondary

#C57661

accent

#633FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BA8

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

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