#226B9F#226B9F

#226B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.108 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226B9F
RGB	rgb(34, 107, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 32.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -3.56, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 34.60, 264.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0471 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.108 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1730, 13.3572, 34.7308)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226B9F #9F5622

analogous

#229F94 #226B9F #222C9F

triadic

#226B9F #9F226B #6B9F22

tetradic

#226B9F #94229F #9F5622 #2C9F22

square

#226B9F #94229F #9F5622 #2C9F22

split-complementary

#226B9F #9F222C #9F9422

monochromatic

#0C273A #17496D #226B9F #2D8DD1 #5FA8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#226B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#226B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226B9F

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226B9F	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41619E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 107, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.108 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095bb',
    500: '#226b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226b9f;
$custom-light: #7095bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.96,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50892,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226B9F

secondary

#C1865B

accent

#8640E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226B9F

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

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