#226E89#226E89

#226E89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.083 H 226.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E89
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, -13.41, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 25.30, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% -0.0579 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.083 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7491, 13.2968, 25.6621)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E89 #893D22

analogous

#228970 #226E89 #223A89

triadic

#226E89 #89226E #6E8922

tetradic

#226E89 #702289 #893D22 #3A8922

square

#226E89 #702289 #893D22 #3A8922

split-complementary

#226E89 #89223A #897022

monochromatic

#0A1F27 #164758 #226E89 #2E95BA #51B2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#226E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#226E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E89

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E89	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.083 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ab',
    500: '#226e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e89;
$custom-light: #6d97ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50481,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E89

secondary

#B86B4F

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E89

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

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