#226B8B#226B8B

#226B8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.086 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B8B
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 23%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, -10.96, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 26.39, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.0539 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.086 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5757, 12.7183, 26.3186)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B8B #8B4222

analogous

#228B77 #226B8B #22378B

triadic

#226B8B #8B226B #6B8B22

tetradic

#226B8B #77228B #8B4222 #378B22

square

#226B8B #77228B #8B4222 #378B22

split-complementary

#226B8B #8B2237 #8B7722

monochromatic

#0A1F29 #16455A #226B8B #2E91BC #53ADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#226B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#226B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B8B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B8B	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.086 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ad',
    500: '#226b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b8b;
$custom-light: #6d95ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49813,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B8B

secondary

#B87050

accent

#7544E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B8B

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

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