#226AA9#226AA9

#226AA9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.122 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226AA9
RGB	rgb(34, 106, 169)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(208, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 37.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 0.87, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 39.97, 271.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0432 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.122 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9724, 13.5112, 39.4526)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226AA9 #A96122

analogous

#22A9A4 #226AA9 #2227A9

triadic

#226AA9 #A9226A #6AA922

tetradic

#226AA9 #A422A9 #A96122 #27A922

square

#226AA9 #A422A9 #A96122 #27A922

split-complementary

#226AA9 #A92227 #A9A422

monochromatic

#0D2A43 #184A76 #226AA9 #328AD6 #65A7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#226AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#226AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226AA9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226AA9	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3861A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 106, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.122 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7394c3',
    500: '#226aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226aa9;
$custom-light: #7394c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51244,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226AA9

secondary

#C59061

accent

#8E3EE9

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EDF1F8

border

#C8CBD1

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226AA9

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

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