#228BBD#228BBD

#228BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.118 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228BBD
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -11.27, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 36.00, 251.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0671 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.118 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0739, 22.4771, 51.4675)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228BBD #BD5422

analogous

#22BDA1 #228BBD #223DBD

triadic

#228BBD #BD228B #8BBD22

tetradic

#228BBD #A122BD #BD5422 #3DBD22

square

#228BBD #A122BD #BD5422 #3DBD22

split-complementary

#228BBD #BD223D #BDA122

monochromatic

#0F3F55 #196589 #228BBD #40AADD #73C1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#228BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#228BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228BBD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228BBD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.118 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acd1',
    500: '#228bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228bbd;
$custom-light: #78acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60278,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228BBD

secondary

#CD8D6E

accent

#753BEC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #228BBD

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

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