#226E8A#226E8A

#226E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.084 H 227.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, -13.05, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 25.57, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.0575 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.084 227)
XYZ	xyz(10.8212, 13.3257, 26.0416)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E8A #8A3E22

analogous

#228A72 #226E8A #223A8A

triadic

#226E8A #8A226E #6E8A22

tetradic

#226E8A #72228A #8A3E22 #3A8A22

square

#226E8A #72228A #8A3E22 #3A8A22

split-complementary

#226E8A #8A223A #8A7222

monochromatic

#0A2028 #164759 #226E8A #2E95BB #52B1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#226E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#226E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E8A

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E8A	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.084 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ac',
    500: '#226e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e8a;
$custom-light: #6d97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50529,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.13327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E8A

secondary

#B86C50

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E8A

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

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