#226A9B#226A9B

#226A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.104 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A9B
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, -4.45, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 33.15, 262.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0474 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.104 243)
XYZ	xyz(11.7278, 13.0133, 32.8977)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A9B #9B5322

analogous

#229B90 #226A9B #222D9B

triadic

#226A9B #9B226A #6A9B22

tetradic

#226A9B #90229B #9B5322 #2D9B22

square

#226A9B #90229B #9B5322 #2D9B22

split-complementary

#226A9B #9B222D #9B9022

monochromatic

#0C2537 #174869 #226A9B #2D8CCD #5CA8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#226A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#226A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A9B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A9B	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42609A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.104 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b8',
    500: '#226a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a9b;
$custom-light: #7094b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.298,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50419,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.13015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A9B

secondary

#C08359

accent

#8441E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A9B

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

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