#228da8

Color #228da8

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#228da8

RGB

rgb(34, 141, 168)

HSL

hsl(192.1, 66.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.1, 79.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(54.25, -19.74, -22.61)

LCH

lch(54.25, 30.01, 228.88)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0996, 219.46)

HWB

hwb(192.1, 13.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a83d22

Analogous

#22a880

#228da8

#224aa8

Triadic

#228da8

#a8228d

#8da822

Split-complementary

#228da8

#a8224a

#a88022

Tetradic

#228da8

#3d22a8

#a83d22

#8da822

Square

#228da8

#8022a8

#a83d22

#4aa822

Shades

Color #228da8 mixed toward black.

#1c758c

#175e70

#114654

#0b2f38

#06171c

Tints

Color #228da8 mixed toward white.

#2bb1d3

#54c1dc

#7fd0e5

#aae0ee

#d4eff6

Tones

Color #228da8 mixed toward gray.

#2d869d

#388092

#447986

#4f727b

#5a6c70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364a2 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#5d55a1 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#2f9d9c · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #228da8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#228da8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#228da8 (#228da8) is rgb(34, 141, 168) in RGB.

No, #228da8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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