#226D8F#226D8F

#226D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.089 H 232.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D8F
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -10.68, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 27.31, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0545 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.089 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0843, 13.2592, 27.9564)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D8F #8F4422

analogous

#228F7B #226D8F #22368F

triadic

#226D8F #8F226D #6D8F22

tetradic

#226D8F #7B228F #8F4422 #368F22

square

#226D8F #7B228F #8F4422 #368F22

split-complementary

#226D8F #8F2236 #8F7B22

monochromatic

#0A222C #16475E #226D8F #2E93C0 #55AED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#226D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#226D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D8F

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D8F	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.089 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96b0',
    500: '#226d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d8f;
$custom-light: #6e96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50523,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D8F

secondary

#BA7352

accent

#7643E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D8F

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

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