#226D8A#226D8A

#226D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.085 H 228.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D8A
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, -12.48, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 25.72, 240.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0564 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.085 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7139, 13.1111, 26.0059)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D8A #8A3F22

analogous

#228A73 #226D8A #22398A

triadic

#226D8A #8A226D #6D8A22

tetradic

#226D8A #73228A #8A3F22 #398A22

square

#226D8A #73228A #8A3F22 #398A22

split-complementary

#226D8A #8A2239 #8A7322

monochromatic

#0A1F28 #164659 #226D8A #2E94BB #52B0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#226D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#226D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D8A

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D8A	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.085 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96ac',
    500: '#226d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d8a;
$custom-light: #6d96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50273,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D8A

secondary

#B86D50

accent

#7144E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D8A

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

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