#226D87#226D87

#226D87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.082 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D87
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 135)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, -13.54, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 24.89, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0576 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.082 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4997, 13.0254, 24.8778)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D87 #873C22

analogous

#22876E #226D87 #223A87

triadic

#226D87 #87226D #6D8722

tetradic

#226D87 #6E2287 #873C22 #3A8722

square

#226D87 #6E2287 #873C22 #3A8722

split-complementary

#226D87 #87223A #876E22

monochromatic

#091E25 #164656 #226D87 #2E94B8 #50B1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#226D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#226D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D87

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D87	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.082 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97aa',
    500: '#226d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d87;
$custom-light: #6c97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50128,
    "c": 0.0821,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D87

secondary

#B7694E

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D87

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

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