#226B85#226B85

#226B85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.081 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B85
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 133)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -13.11, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 24.59, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0563 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.081 226)
XYZ	xyz(10.1493, 12.5478, 24.0728)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B85 #853C22

analogous

#22856E #226B85 #223985

triadic

#226B85 #85226B #6B8522

tetradic

#226B85 #6E2285 #853C22 #398522

square

#226B85 #6E2285 #853C22 #398522

split-complementary

#226B85 #852239 #856E22

monochromatic

#091D24 #164454 #226B85 #2E92B6 #4FB0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#226B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#226B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B85

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B85	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.081 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c95a8',
    500: '#226b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b85;
$custom-light: #6c95a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49517,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B85

secondary

#B6694D

accent

#6F45E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B85

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

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