#226B9C#226B9C

#226B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.105 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B9C
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, -4.69, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 33.21, 261.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% -0.048 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.105 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9158, 13.2544, 33.3764)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B9C #9C5322

analogous

#229C90 #226B9C #222E9C

triadic

#226B9C #9C226B #6B9C22

tetradic

#226B9C #90229C #9C5322 #2E9C22

square

#226B9C #90229C #9C5322 #2E9C22

split-complementary

#226B9C #9C222E #9C9022

monochromatic

#0C2638 #17496A #226B9C #2D8DCE #5DA9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#226B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#226B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B9C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B9C	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.105 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b9',
    500: '#226b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b9c;
$custom-light: #7095b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.098,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50721,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B9C

secondary

#C0835A

accent

#8441E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B9C

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

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