#226E8B#226E8B

#226E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.085 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E8B
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -12.70, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 25.85, 240.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% -0.0571 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.085 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8939, 13.3547, 26.4247)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E8B #8B3F22

analogous

#228B74 #226E8B #223A8B

triadic

#226E8B #8B226E #6E8B22

tetradic

#226E8B #74228B #8B3F22 #3A8B22

square

#226E8B #74228B #8B3F22 #3A8B22

split-complementary

#226E8B #8B223A #8B7422

monochromatic

#0A2029 #16475A #226E8B #2E95BC #53B1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#226E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#226E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E8B

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E8B	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.085 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ad',
    500: '#226e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e8b;
$custom-light: #6d97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50578,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E8B

secondary

#B86D50

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E8B

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

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