#228EA7#228EA7

#228EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.099 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228EA7
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -20.61, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 29.86, 226.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0782 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.099 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3048, 22.4740, 39.9776)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228EA7 #A73B22

analogous

#22A77E #228EA7 #224CA7

triadic

#228EA7 #A7228E #8EA722

tetradic

#228EA7 #7E22A7 #A73B22 #4CA722

square

#228EA7 #7E22A7 #A73B22 #4CA722

split-complementary

#228EA7 #A7224C #A77E22

monochromatic

#0D3841 #186374 #228EA7 #31B6D5 #64C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#228EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#228EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228EA7

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228EA7	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)

#7E8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.099 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afc1',
    500: '#228ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ea7;
$custom-light: #74afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5997,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228EA7

secondary

#C57360

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228EA7

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

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