#229EC9#229EC9

#229EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.119 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EC9
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -17.50, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 35.79, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0803 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.119 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4248, 29.0079, 59.6115)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EC9 #C94D22

analogous

#22C9A0 #229EC9 #224AC9

triadic

#229EC9 #C9229E #9EC922

tetradic

#229EC9 #A022C9 #C94D22 #4AC922

square

#229EC9 #A022C9 #C94D22 #4AC922

split-complementary

#229EC9 #C9224A #C9A022

monochromatic

#104C60 #197595 #229EC9 #48B9E0 #7CCDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#229EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#229EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EC9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EC9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.119 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad9',
    500: '#229ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ec9;
$custom-light: #7bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.449,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65449,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EC9

secondary

#D18D76

accent

#683AEE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EC9

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

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