#226B8F#226B8F

#226B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.090 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B8F
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -9.51, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 27.79, 250.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0524 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.09 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8733, 12.8374, 27.8861)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B8F #8F4622

analogous

#228F7D #226B8F #22348F

triadic

#226B8F #8F226B #6B8F22

tetradic

#226B8F #7D228F #8F4622 #348F22

square

#226B8F #7D228F #8F4622 #348F22

split-complementary

#226B8F #8F2234 #8F7D22

monochromatic

#0A212C #16465E #226B8F #2E90C0 #55ACD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#226B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#226B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B8F

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B8F	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.090 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d95b0',
    500: '#226b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b8f;
$custom-light: #6d95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.817,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50017,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B8F

secondary

#BA7552

accent

#7843E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B8F

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

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