#226D9C#226D9C

#226D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.103 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D9C
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, -5.89, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 32.44, 259.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% -0.0499 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.103 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1267, 13.6762, 33.4467)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D9C #9C5122

analogous

#229C8E #226D9C #22309C

triadic

#226D9C #9C226D #6D9C22

tetradic

#226D9C #8E229C #9C5122 #309C22

square

#226D9C #8E229C #9C5122 #309C22

split-complementary

#226D9C #9C2230 #9C8E22

monochromatic

#0C2738 #174A6A #226D9C #2D90CE #5DABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#226D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#226D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D9C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D9C	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.103 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b9',
    500: '#226d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d9c;
$custom-light: #7096b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.115,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51213,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D9C

secondary

#C0815A

accent

#8141E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D9C

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

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