#226B8D#226B8D

#226B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.088 H 233.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B8D
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, -10.23, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 27.07, 247.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% -0.0532 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.088 233)
XYZ	xyz(10.7232, 12.7773, 27.0953)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B8D #8D4422

analogous

#228D7A #226B8D #22368D

triadic

#226B8D #8D226B #6B8D22

tetradic

#226B8D #7A228D #8D4422 #368D22

square

#226B8D #7A228D #8D4422 #368D22

split-complementary

#226B8D #8D2236 #8D7A22

monochromatic

#0A202A #16465C #226B8D #2E90BE #54ACD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#226B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#226B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B8D

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B8D	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.088 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95ae',
    500: '#226b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b8d;
$custom-light: #6d95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49914,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.12779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B8D

secondary

#B97251

accent

#7744E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B8D

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

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