#226C9B#226C9B

#226C9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.103 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C9B
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, -5.67, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 32.38, 259.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% -0.0493 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.103 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9363, 13.4303, 32.9672)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C9B #9B5122

analogous

#229B8E #226C9B #222F9B

triadic

#226C9B #9B226C #6C9B22

tetradic

#226C9B #8E229B #9B5122 #2F9B22

square

#226C9B #8E229B #9B5122 #2F9B22

split-complementary

#226C9B #9B222F #9B8E22

monochromatic

#0C2637 #174969 #226C9B #2D8FCD #5CAADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#226C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#226C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C9B

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C9B	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.103 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095b8',
    500: '#226c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c9b;
$custom-light: #7095b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50911,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C9B

secondary

#C08159

accent

#8141E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C9B

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

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