#226C8F#226C8F

#226C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.090 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -10.09, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 27.54, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0535 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.09 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9782, 13.0471, 27.9210)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C8F #8F4522

analogous

#228F7C #226C8F #22368F

triadic

#226C8F #8F226C #6C8F22

tetradic

#226C8F #7C228F #8F4522 #368F22

square

#226C8F #7C228F #8F4522 #368F22

split-complementary

#226C8F #8F2236 #8F7C22

monochromatic

#0A212C #16475E #226C8F #2E91C0 #55ADD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#226C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#226C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C8F

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C8F	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.090 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96b0',
    500: '#226c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c8f;
$custom-light: #6e96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.266,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5027,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C8F

secondary

#BA7452

accent

#7743E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C8F

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

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