#229CD3#229CD3

#229CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.129 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CD3
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -12.91, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 39.25, 250.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.075 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.129 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3013, 28.8171, 65.8968)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CD3 #D35922

analogous

#22D3B1 #229CD3 #2243D3

triadic

#229CD3 #D3229C #9CD322

tetradic

#229CD3 #B122D3 #D35922 #43D322

square

#229CD3 #B122D3 #D35922 #43D322

split-complementary

#229CD3 #D32243 #D3B122

monochromatic

#114E6A #1A759E #229CD3 #4FB5E3 #84CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#229CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#229CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CD3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CD3	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.129 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db9e0',
    500: '#229cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cd3;
$custom-light: #7db9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.644,
    "s": 72.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65456,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CD3

secondary

#D4987D

accent

#7139EF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CD3

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

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