#228BAE#228BAE

#228BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BAE
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -16.59, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 31.38, 238.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0726 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.104 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5291, 21.8591, 43.3316)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BAE #AE4522

analogous

#22AE8B #228BAE #2245AE

triadic

#228BAE #AE228B #8BAE22

tetradic

#228BAE #8B22AE #AE4522 #45AE22

square

#228BAE #8B22AE #AE4522 #45AE22

split-complementary

#228BAE #AE2245 #AE8B22

monochromatic

#0E3948 #18627B #228BAE #36AFD8 #69C3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#228BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BAE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BAE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc6',
    500: '#228bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228bae;
$custom-light: #75adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BAE

secondary

#C77D64

accent

#693EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BAE

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

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