#229AB5#229AB5

#229AB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229AB5
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -22.20, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 32.02, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0842 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.106 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5522, 26.7849, 47.7939)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229AB5 #B53D22

analogous

#22B586 #229AB5 #2251B5

triadic

#229AB5 #B5229A #9AB522

tetradic

#229AB5 #8622B5 #B53D22 #51B522

square

#229AB5 #8622B5 #B53D22 #51B522

split-complementary

#229AB5 #B52251 #B58622

monochromatic

#0F424E #186E81 #229AB5 #3ABDDA #6ECEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#229AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AB5

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229AB5	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8cb',
    500: '#229ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ab5;
$custom-light: #77b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229AB5

secondary

#CA7B69

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AB5

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

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