#228EA6#228EA6

#228EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.098 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228EA6
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -20.94, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 29.73, 225.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0787 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.098 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2127, 22.4371, 39.4926)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228EA6 #A63A22

analogous

#22A67C #228EA6 #224CA6

triadic

#228EA6 #A6228E #8EA622

tetradic

#228EA6 #7C22A6 #A63A22 #4CA622

square

#228EA6 #7C22A6 #A63A22 #4CA622

split-complementary

#228EA6 #A6224C #A67C22

monochromatic

#0D3740 #186373 #228EA6 #30B7D5 #63C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#228EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#228EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228EA6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228EA6	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.098 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afc0',
    500: '#228ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ea6;
$custom-light: #74afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59926,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228EA6

secondary

#C4725F

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228EA6

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

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