#228EB4#228EB4

#228EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228EB4
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -16.14, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 32.53, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0732 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.108 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5675, 22.9791, 46.6280)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228EB4 #B44822

analogous

#22B491 #228EB4 #2245B4

triadic

#228EB4 #B4228E #8EB422

tetradic

#228EB4 #9122B4 #B44822 #45B422

square

#228EB4 #9122B4 #B44822 #45B422

split-complementary

#228EB4 #B42245 #B49122

monochromatic

#0F3D4D #186581 #228EB4 #3AB0DA #6DC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#228EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#228EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228EB4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228EB4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afca',
    500: '#228eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228eb4;
$custom-light: #76afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60565,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228EB4

secondary

#CA8268

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #228EB4

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

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