#226B8A#226B8A

#226B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.085 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B8A
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, -11.32, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 26.06, 244.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0543 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.085 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5030, 12.6892, 25.9356)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B8A #8A4122

analogous

#228A75 #226B8A #22378A

triadic

#226B8A #8A226B #6B8A22

tetradic

#226B8A #75228A #8A4122 #378A22

square

#226B8A #75228A #8A4122 #378A22

split-complementary

#226B8A #8A2237 #8A7522

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #164559 #226B8A #2E91BB #52AED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#226B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#226B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B8A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B8A	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.085 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ac',
    500: '#226b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b8a;
$custom-light: #6d95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49763,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B8A

secondary

#B86F50

accent

#7444E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B8A

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

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