#226C9F#226C9F

#226C9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.108 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226C9F
RGB	rgb(34, 108, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, -4.17, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 34.18, 263.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% -0.048 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.108 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2778, 13.5669, 34.7658)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226C9F #9F5522

analogous

#229F93 #226C9F #222D9F

triadic

#226C9F #9F226C #6C9F22

tetradic

#226C9F #93229F #9F5522 #2D9F22

square

#226C9F #93229F #9F5522 #2D9F22

split-complementary

#226C9F #9F222D #9F9322

monochromatic

#0C283A #174A6D #226C9F #2D8ED1 #5FA9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#226C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#226C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226C9F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226C9F	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43629E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 108, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.108 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7195bb',
    500: '#226c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226c9f;
$custom-light: #7195bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51136,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226C9F

secondary

#C1855B

accent

#8440E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226C9F

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

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