#229CBD#229CBD

#229CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.111 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CBD
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -20.55, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 33.27, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.083 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.111 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7296, 27.7884, 52.3527)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CBD #BD4322

analogous

#22BD90 #229CBD #224EBD

triadic

#229CBD #BD229C #9CBD22

tetradic

#229CBD #9022BD #BD4322 #4EBD22

square

#229CBD #9022BD #BD4322 #4EBD22

split-complementary

#229CBD #BD224E #BD9022

monochromatic

#0F4655 #197189 #229CBD #40BBDD #73CEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#229CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#229CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CBD

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CBD	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.111 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9d1',
    500: '#229cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cbd;
$custom-light: #79b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64413,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CBD

secondary

#CD826E

accent

#613BEC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CBD

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

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