#228EA9#228EA9

#228EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.100 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228EA9
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -19.93, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 30.16, 228.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0774 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.1 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4911, 22.5485, 40.9589)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228EA9 #A93D22

analogous

#22A981 #228EA9 #224BA9

triadic

#228EA9 #A9228E #8EA922

tetradic

#228EA9 #8122A9 #A93D22 #4BA922

square

#228EA9 #8122A9 #A93D22 #4BA922

split-complementary

#228EA9 #A9224B #A98122

monochromatic

#0D3843 #186376 #228EA9 #32B5D6 #65C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#228EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#228EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228EA9

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228EA9	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.100 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afc2',
    500: '#228ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228ea9;
$custom-light: #75afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228EA9

secondary

#C57561

accent

#613EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #228EA9

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

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