#229BB5#229BB5

#229BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BB5
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -22.72, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 32.05, 224.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0852 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.106 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7179, 27.1164, 47.8491)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BB5 #B53C22

analogous

#22B585 #229BB5 #2252B5

triadic

#229BB5 #B5229B #9BB522

tetradic

#229BB5 #8522B5 #B53C22 #52B522

square

#229BB5 #8522B5 #B53C22 #52B522

split-complementary

#229BB5 #B52252 #B58522

monochromatic

#0F434E #186F81 #229BB5 #3ABEDA #6ECFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BB5

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BB5	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)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8cb',
    500: '#229bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229bb5;
$custom-light: #78b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63816,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BB5

secondary

#CA7A69

accent

#5B3DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BB5

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

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