#226A85#226A85

#226A85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.081 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A85
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 133)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, -12.53, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 24.72, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% -0.0552 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.081 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0456, 12.3404, 24.0383)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A85 #853D22

analogous

#22856F #226A85 #223885

triadic

#226A85 #85226A #6A8522

tetradic

#226A85 #6F2285 #853D22 #388522

square

#226A85 #6F2285 #853D22 #388522

split-complementary

#226A85 #852238 #856F22

monochromatic

#091C24 #164354 #226A85 #2E91B6 #4FAED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#226A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#226A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A85

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A85	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.081 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c94a8',
    500: '#226a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a85;
$custom-light: #6c94a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4926,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A85

secondary

#B66A4D

accent

#7045E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A85

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

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