#226C8E#226C8E

#226C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.089 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -10.46, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 27.19, 247.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% -0.0538 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.089 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9028, 13.0169, 27.5238)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C8E #8E4422

analogous

#228E7A #226C8E #22368E

triadic

#226C8E #8E226C #6C8E22

tetradic

#226C8E #7A228E #8E4422 #368E22

square

#226C8E #7A228E #8E4422 #368E22

split-complementary

#226C8E #8E2236 #8E7A22

monochromatic

#0A212B #16465D #226C8E #2E92BF #54ADD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#226C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#226C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C8E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C8E	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.089 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96af',
    500: '#226c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c8e;
$custom-light: #6d96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50219,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C8E

secondary

#BA7352

accent

#7643E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C8E

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

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