Homeworld `#2299DD`

Homeworld (#2299DD) is a mid-tone, saturated sky blue with an OKLCH hue of 241°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.141. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#2299DD`
RGB	`rgb(34, 153, 221)`
HSL	`hsl(202, 73%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(202, 85%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(85%, 31%, 0%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.2 -7.7 -43.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.653 0.141 241)`

How Homeworld behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Homeworld shifts subtly: loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #3f96d0 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: loses intensity
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #339ad9 — ΔE 1.0, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #2299dd — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #1e9ae0 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged

Test Homeworld in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.15:1 and against black 6.67:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Homeworld

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d4edff · #7ecaff · #2299dd · #007cb9 · #005784 · #003552

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#4dc8da · #29b2dd · #2299dd · #477fca · #5666b2 · #5a4f95

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#b0a7d8 · #2299dd · #187ab1 · #5b429c · #003f62 · #241944

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#acdcff · #9bb6cb · #2299dd · #a35a00 · #285574 · #1a374a

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fcefe5 · #9caebc · #2299dd · #7c736c · #213340 · #030100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#faf0e7 · #d6cac0 · #ada095 · #3d2d20 · #1b0c01 · #2299dd

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d2d5b0 · #9ca4cb · #2299dd · #af2816 · #563645 · #05082e

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#dee0bb · #e3b9b3 · #2299dd · #907a4d · #513945 · #070d24

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffecf1 · #e68da8 · #2299dd · #6b8000 · #2b3600 · #100003

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffebfc · #d591cd · #2299dd · #ab5f00 · #003c18 · #190700

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#4DA9E6 · #6EB9EE · #8BC9F6 · #A7D9FE · #CAE8FF

Shades

#027EBB · #006395 · #004A71 · #00324F · #001C30

Muted

#4998CD · #6197BD · #7495AD

Using Homeworld

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.