#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
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -22.53, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 31.89, 225.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0846 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.106 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4500, 26.7440, 47.2555)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##229AB4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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