#226C8A#226C8A

#226C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.085 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C8A
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -11.90, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 25.88, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0554 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.085 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6078, 12.8989, 25.9705)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C8A #8A4022

analogous

#228A74 #226C8A #22388A

triadic

#226C8A #8A226C #6C8A22

tetradic

#226C8A #74228A #8A4022 #388A22

square

#226C8A #74228A #8A4022 #388A22

split-complementary

#226C8A #8A2238 #8A7422

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #164659 #226C8A #2E92BB #52AFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#226C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#226C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C8A

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C8A	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.085 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ac',
    500: '#226c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c8a;
$custom-light: #6d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50018,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C8A

secondary

#B86E50

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C8A

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

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