#226A9E#226A9E

#226A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.108 H 244.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A9E
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, -3.32, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 34.55, 264.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% -0.0464 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.108 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9829, 13.1153, 34.2411)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A9E #9E5622

analogous

#229E94 #226A9E #222C9E

triadic

#226A9E #9E226A #6A9E22

tetradic

#226A9E #94229E #9E5622 #2C9E22

square

#226A9E #94229E #9E5622 #2C9E22

split-complementary

#226A9E #9E222C #9E9422

monochromatic

#0C2639 #17486C #226A9E #2D8CD0 #5EA7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#226A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#226A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A9E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A9E	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40609D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.108 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094bb',
    500: '#226a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a9e;
$custom-light: #7094bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50591,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A9E

secondary

#C1865B

accent

#8640E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A9E

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

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