#229CB5#229CB5

#229CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.106 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CB5
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -23.23, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 32.09, 223.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0862 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.106 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8851, 27.4506, 47.9049)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CB5 #B53B22

analogous

#22B585 #229CB5 #2253B5

triadic

#229CB5 #B5229C #9CB522

tetradic

#229CB5 #8522B5 #B53B22 #53B522

square

#229CB5 #8522B5 #B53B22 #53B522

split-complementary

#229CB5 #B52253 #B58522

monochromatic

#0F434E #187081 #229CB5 #3ABFDA #6ED0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#229CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CB5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CB5	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.106 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9cb',
    500: '#229cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cb5;
$custom-light: #78b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.204,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64063,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CB5

secondary

#CA7969

accent

#5A3DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CB5

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

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