#226D86#226D86

#226D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.081 H 224.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D86
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 134)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -13.90, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 24.64, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.058 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.081 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4296, 12.9974, 24.5087)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D86 #863B22

analogous

#22866D #226D86 #223B86

triadic

#226D86 #86226D #6D8622

tetradic

#226D86 #6D2286 #863B22 #3B8622

square

#226D86 #6D2286 #863B22 #3B8622

split-complementary

#226D86 #86223B #866D22

monochromatic

#091E24 #164555 #226D86 #2E95B7 #50B2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#226D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#226D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D86

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D86	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.081 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97a9',
    500: '#226d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d86;
$custom-light: #6c97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D86

secondary

#B6684E

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D86

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

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