#226D85#226D85

#226D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.081 H 223.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D85
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, -14.25, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 24.41, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% -0.0584 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.081 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3602, 12.9696, 24.1431)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D85 #853A22

analogous

#22856B #226D85 #223C85

triadic

#226D85 #85226D #6D8522

tetradic

#226D85 #6B2285 #853A22 #3C8522

square

#226D85 #6B2285 #853A22 #3C8522

split-complementary

#226D85 #85223C #856B22

monochromatic

#091D24 #164554 #226D85 #2E95B6 #4FB2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#226D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#226D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D85

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D85	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.081 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a8',
    500: '#226d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d85;
$custom-light: #6c97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50033,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D85

secondary

#B6674D

accent

#6B45E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D85

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

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