#226D88#226D88

#226D88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.083 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D88
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 136)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -13.19, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 25.16, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0572 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.083 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5704, 13.0537, 25.2503)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D88 #883D22

analogous

#228870 #226D88 #223A88

triadic

#226D88 #88226D #6D8822

tetradic

#226D88 #702288 #883D22 #3A8822

square

#226D88 #702288 #883D22 #3A8822

split-complementary

#226D88 #88223A #887022

monochromatic

#0A1F26 #164657 #226D88 #2E94B9 #51B1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#226D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#226D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D88

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D88	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)

#5E6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.083 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c97aa',
    500: '#226d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d88;
$custom-light: #6c97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50176,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D88

secondary

#B76A4F

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D88

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

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