#226D9F#226D9F

#226D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.107 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, -4.77, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 33.78, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.049 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.107 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3839, 13.7791, 34.8011)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226D9F #9F5422

analogous

#229F92 #226D9F #222E9F

triadic

#226D9F #9F226D #6D9F22

tetradic

#226D9F #92229F #9F5422 #2E9F22

square

#226D9F #92229F #9F5422 #2E9F22

split-complementary

#226D9F #9F222E #9F9222

monochromatic

#0C283A #174A6D #226D9F #2D90D1 #5FAADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#226D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#226D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226D9F

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226D9F	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.107 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7196bb',
    500: '#226d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226d9f;
$custom-light: #7196bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5138,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226D9F

secondary

#C1845B

accent

#8340E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226D9F

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

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