#226C8D#226C8D

#226C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.088 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C8D
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, -10.82, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 26.85, 246.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% -0.0542 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.088 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8280, 12.9870, 27.1302)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C8D #8D4322

analogous

#228D79 #226C8D #22368D

triadic

#226C8D #8D226C #6C8D22

tetradic

#226C8D #79228D #8D4322 #368D22

square

#226C8D #79228D #8D4322 #368D22

split-complementary

#226C8D #8D2236 #8D7922

monochromatic

#0A202A #16465C #226C8D #2E92BE #54AED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#226C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#226C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C8D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C8D	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.088 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ae',
    500: '#226c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c8d;
$custom-light: #6d96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50168,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C8D

secondary

#B97151

accent

#7544E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C8D

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

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