#226A9C#226A9C

#226A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.106 H 243.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A9C
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -4.08, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 33.62, 263.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% -0.047 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.106 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8121, 13.0470, 33.3418)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A9C #9C5422

analogous

#229C91 #226A9C #222D9C

triadic

#226A9C #9C226A #6A9C22

tetradic

#226A9C #91229C #9C5422 #2D9C22

square

#226A9C #91229C #9C5422 #2D9C22

split-complementary

#226A9C #9C222D #9C9122

monochromatic

#0C2638 #17486A #226A9C #2D8CCE #5DA8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#226A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#226A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A9C

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A9C	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42609B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.106 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b9',
    500: '#226a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a9c;
$custom-light: #7094b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50476,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A9C

secondary

#C0845A

accent

#8541E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A9C

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

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