#226D8E#226D8E

#226D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.088 H 231.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -11.04, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 26.97, 245.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% -0.0549 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.088 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0088, 13.2291, 27.5592)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D8E #8E4322

analogous

#228E79 #226D8E #22378E

triadic

#226D8E #8E226D #6D8E22

tetradic

#226D8E #79228E #8E4322 #378E22

square

#226D8E #79228E #8E4322 #378E22

split-complementary

#226D8E #8E2237 #8E7922

monochromatic

#0A212B #16475D #226D8E #2E93BF #54AED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#226D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#226D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D8E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D8E	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.088 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d96af',
    500: '#226d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d8e;
$custom-light: #6d96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50472,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D8E

secondary

#BA7252

accent

#7543E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D8E

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

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