#229BD3#229BD3

#229BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.129 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BD3
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -12.36, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 39.52, 251.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0741 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.129 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1341, 28.4828, 65.8411)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BD3 #D35A22

analogous

#22D3B2 #229BD3 #2242D3

triadic

#229BD3 #D3229B #9BD322

tetradic

#229BD3 #B222D3 #D35A22 #42D322

square

#229BD3 #B222D3 #D35A22 #42D322

split-complementary

#229BD3 #D32242 #D3B222

monochromatic

#114E6A #1A749E #229BD3 #4FB4E3 #84CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#229BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#229BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BD3

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BD3	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.129 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8e0',
    500: '#229bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229bd3;
$custom-light: #7cb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.983,
    "s": 72.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BD3

secondary

#D4987D

accent

#7239EF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BD3

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

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