#229FC9#229FC9

#229FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229FC9
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -18.04, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 35.65, 239.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0812 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.119 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5961, 29.3504, 59.6686)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229FC9 #C94C22

analogous

#22C99F #229FC9 #224BC9

triadic

#229FC9 #C9229F #9FC922

tetradic

#229FC9 #9F22C9 #C94C22 #4BC922

square

#229FC9 #9F22C9 #C94C22 #4BC922

split-complementary

#229FC9 #C9224B #C99F22

monochromatic

#104C60 #197695 #229FC9 #48BAE0 #7CCEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#229FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#229FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229FC9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229FC9	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbd9',
    500: '#229fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229fc9;
$custom-light: #7bbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.09,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65691,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229FC9

secondary

#D18D76

accent

#673AEE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #229FC9

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

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