#228BA9#228BA9

#228BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.101 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BA9
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -18.32, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 30.25, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0745 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.101 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0507, 21.6678, 40.8121)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BA9 #A94022

analogous

#22A983 #228BA9 #2248A9

triadic

#228BA9 #A9228B #8BA922

tetradic

#228BA9 #8322A9 #A94022 #48A922

square

#228BA9 #8322A9 #A94022 #48A922

split-complementary

#228BA9 #A92248 #A98322

monochromatic

#0D3743 #186176 #228BA9 #32B2D6 #65C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#228BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BA9

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BA9	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)

#7A87AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.101 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc2',
    500: '#228ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ba9;
$custom-light: #74adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5931,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BA9

secondary

#C57861

accent

#643EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BA9

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

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