#226A8D#226A8D

#226A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.089 H 234.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A8D
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, -9.65, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 27.32, 249.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% -0.0522 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.089 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6195, 12.5700, 27.0607)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A8D #8D4522

analogous

#228D7B #226A8D #22358D

triadic

#226A8D #8D226A #6A8D22

tetradic

#226A8D #7B228D #8D4522 #358D22

square

#226A8D #7B228D #8D4522 #358D22

split-complementary

#226A8D #8D2235 #8D7B22

monochromatic

#0A202A #16455C #226A8D #2E8FBE #54ABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#226A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#226A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A8D

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A8D	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.089 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94ae',
    500: '#226a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a8d;
$custom-light: #6d94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49661,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A8D

secondary

#B97351

accent

#7844E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A8D

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

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