#229ABD#229ABD

#229ABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229ABD
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -19.49, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 33.39, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0811 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.111 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3967, 27.1227, 52.2417)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229ABD #BD4522

analogous

#22BD92 #229ABD #224DBD

triadic

#229ABD #BD229A #9ABD22

tetradic

#229ABD #9222BD #BD4522 #4DBD22

square

#229ABD #9222BD #BD4522 #4DBD22

split-complementary

#229ABD #BD224D #BD9222

monochromatic

#0F4555 #197089 #229ABD #40B9DD #73CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229ABD

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229ABD	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8d1',
    500: '#229abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229abd;
$custom-light: #79b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63924,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229ABD

secondary

#CD836E

accent

#633BEC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229ABD

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

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