#226A9F#226A9F

#226A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.109 H 245.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, -2.94, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 35.03, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0461 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.109 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0693, 13.1499, 34.6963)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226A9F #9F5722

analogous

#229F95 #226A9F #222B9F

triadic

#226A9F #9F226A #6A9F22

tetradic

#226A9F #95229F #9F5722 #2B9F22

square

#226A9F #95229F #9F5722 #2B9F22

split-complementary

#226A9F #9F222B #9F9522

monochromatic

#0C273A #17486D #226A9F #2D8CD1 #5FA7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#226A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#226A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226A9F

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226A9F	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#516CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40609E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.109 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094bb',
    500: '#226a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226a9f;
$custom-light: #7094bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.44,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50648,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226A9F

secondary

#C1875B

accent

#8740E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226A9F

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

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