#226D7E#226D7E

#226D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.076 H 216.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D7E
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, -16.68, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 23.14, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% -0.0613 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.076 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8926, 12.7826, 21.6805)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D7E #7E3322

analogous

#227E61 #226D7E #223F7E

triadic

#226D7E #7E226D #6D7E22

tetradic

#226D7E #61227E #7E3322 #3F7E22

square

#226D7E #61227E #7E3322 #3F7E22

split-complementary

#226D7E #7E223F #7E6122

monochromatic

#081A1E #15434E #226D7E #2F97AE #4CB6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#226D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#226D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D7E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D7E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.076 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a3',
    500: '#226d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d7e;
$custom-light: #6b97a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49711,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D7E

secondary

#B15E4B

accent

#6347E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D7E

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

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