#226E81#226E81

#226E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.078 H 218.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E81
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 129)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, -16.20, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 23.61, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0611 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.078 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1964, 13.0757, 22.7511)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E81 #813522

analogous

#228165 #226E81 #223F81

triadic

#226E81 #81226E #6E8122

tetradic

#226E81 #652281 #813522 #3F8122

square

#226E81 #652281 #813522 #3F8122

split-complementary

#226E81 #81223F #816522

monochromatic

#081B20 #154551 #226E81 #2F97B1 #4DB6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#226E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#226E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E81

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E81	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.078 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97a5',
    500: '#226e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e81;
$custom-light: #6b97a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50107,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E81

secondary

#B3604B

accent

#6546E1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E81

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

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