#229AB4#229AB4

#229AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#229AB4
RGBrgb(34, 154, 180)
HSLhsl(191, 68%, 42%)
HSVhsv(191, 81%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(81.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.74, -22.53, -22.57)
CIE-LCHlch(58.74, 31.89, 225.05°)
OKLaboklab(63.53% -0.0846 -0.0631)
OKLCHoklch(63.53% 0.106 216.7)
XYZxyz(20.4500, 26.7440, 47.2555)
Luminance0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#229AB4 #B43C22
analogous
#22B485 #229AB4 #2251B4
triadic
#229AB4 #B4229A #9AB422
tetradic
#229AB4 #8522B4 #B43C22 #51B422
square
#229AB4 #8522B4 #B43C22 #51B422
split-complementary
#229AB4 #B42251 #B48522
monochromatic
#0F424D #186E81 #229AB4 #3ABDDA #6DCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31
#229AB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35
#229AB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AB4
6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##229AB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##229AB41.003.316.356.35
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3521.001.001.00
##0000006.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8995B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7687B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #229ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 216.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8ca',
    500: '#229ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #229ab4;
$custom-light: #77b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#229ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#229AB4
secondary
#CA7A68
accent
#5C3DEB
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0A1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AB4

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#229AB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva