#226A9D#226A9D

#226A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.107 H 244.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A9D
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, -3.70, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 34.08, 263.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.0467 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.107 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8972, 13.0811, 33.7896)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A9D #9D5522

analogous

#229D93 #226A9D #222D9D

triadic

#226A9D #9D226A #6A9D22

tetradic

#226A9D #93229D #9D5522 #2D9D22

square

#226A9D #93229D #9D5522 #2D9D22

split-complementary

#226A9D #9D222D #9D9322

monochromatic

#0C2638 #17486B #226A9D #2D8CCF #5DA8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#226A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#226A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A9D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A9D	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41609C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.107 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094ba',
    500: '#226a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a9d;
$custom-light: #7094ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50533,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A9D

secondary

#C1855A

accent

#8640E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A9D

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

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