#228CA6#228CA6

#228CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228CA6
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -19.88, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 29.70, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0767 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.098 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9178, 21.8473, 39.3943)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228CA6 #A63C22

analogous

#22A67E #228CA6 #224AA6

triadic

#228CA6 #A6228C #8CA622

tetradic

#228CA6 #7E22A6 #A63C22 #4AA622

square

#228CA6 #7E22A6 #A63C22 #4AA622

split-complementary

#228CA6 #A6224A #A67E22

monochromatic

#0D3640 #186173 #228CA6 #30B4D5 #63C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#228CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228CA6

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228CA6	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)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc0',
    500: '#228ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ca6;
$custom-light: #74adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228CA6

secondary

#C4735F

accent

#603FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228CA6

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

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