#226E8D#226E8D

#226E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.087 H 229.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, -11.98, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 26.45, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.0563 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.087 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0414, 13.4137, 27.2013)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E8D #8D4122

analogous

#228D77 #226E8D #22398D

triadic

#226E8D #8D226E #6E8D22

tetradic

#226E8D #77228D #8D4122 #398D22

square

#226E8D #77228D #8D4122 #398D22

split-complementary

#226E8D #8D2239 #8D7722

monochromatic

#0A212A #16485C #226E8D #2E94BE #54B0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#226E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#226E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E8D

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E8D	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.087 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97ae',
    500: '#226e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e8d;
$custom-light: #6d97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50676,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E8D

secondary

#B97051

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E8D

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

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