#226A8B#226A8B

#226A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.087 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A8B
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, -10.37, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 26.61, 247.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% -0.0529 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.087 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4721, 12.5110, 26.2840)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A8B #8B4322

analogous

#228B78 #226A8B #22368B

triadic

#226A8B #8B226A #6A8B22

tetradic

#226A8B #78228B #8B4322 #368B22

square

#226A8B #78228B #8B4322 #368B22

split-complementary

#226A8B #8B2236 #8B7822

monochromatic

#0A1F29 #16455A #226A8B #2E90BC #53ACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#226A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#226A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A8B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A8B	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.087 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94ad',
    500: '#226a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a8b;
$custom-light: #6d94ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49559,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A8B

secondary

#B87150

accent

#7644E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A8B

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

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