#226C9E#226C9E

#226C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.106 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C9E
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -4.54, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 33.73, 262.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% -0.0483 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.106 243)
XYZ	xyz(12.1914, 13.5324, 34.3106)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C9E #9E5422

analogous

#229E92 #226C9E #222E9E

triadic

#226C9E #9E226C #6C9E22

tetradic

#226C9E #92229E #9E5422 #2E9E22

square

#226C9E #92229E #9E5422 #2E9E22

split-complementary

#226C9E #9E222E #9E9222

monochromatic

#0C2739 #174A6C #226C9E #2D8ED0 #5EA9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#226C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#226C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C9E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C9E	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44629D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.106 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095bb',
    500: '#226c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c9e;
$custom-light: #7095bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51079,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.13534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C9E

secondary

#C1845B

accent

#8440E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C9E

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

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