#226A8F#226A8F

#226A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.091 H 235.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A8F
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, -8.91, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 28.07, 251.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% -0.0514 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.091 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7697, 12.6301, 27.8515)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A8F #8F4722

analogous

#228F7E #226A8F #22348F

triadic

#226A8F #8F226A #6A8F22

tetradic

#226A8F #7E228F #8F4722 #348F22

square

#226A8F #7E228F #8F4722 #348F22

split-complementary

#226A8F #8F2234 #8F7E22

monochromatic

#0A212C #16455E #226A8F #2E8FC0 #55ABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#226A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#226A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A8F

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A8F	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.091 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d94b0',
    500: '#226a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a8f;
$custom-light: #6d94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.367,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49765,
    "c": 0.09095,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A8F

secondary

#BA7652

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A8F

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

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