#226E8E#226E8E

#226E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.088 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#226E8E
RGBrgb(34, 110, 142)
HSLhsl(198, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(198, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.42, -11.62, -24.11)
CIE-LCHlch(43.42, 26.77, 244.26°)
OKLaboklab(50.73% -0.0559 -0.0678)
OKLCHoklch(50.73% 0.088 230.5)
XYZxyz(11.1161, 13.4436, 27.5950)
Luminance0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#226E8E #8E4222
analogous
#228E78 #226E8E #22388E
triadic
#226E8E #8E226E #6E8E22
tetradic
#226E8E #78228E #8E4222 #388E22
square
#226E8E #78228E #8E4222 #388E22
split-complementary
#226E8E #8E2238 #8E7822
monochromatic
#0A222B #16485D #226E8E #2E94BF #54B0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69
#226E8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69
#226E8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E8E
5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##226E8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##226E8E1.005.693.695.69
#FFFFFF5.691.0021.001.00
#0000003.6921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E6C90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F628E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007779
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #226e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.088 230.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97af',
    500: '#226e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #226e8e;
$custom-light: #6e97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#226e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50726,
    "c": 0.08785,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#226E8E
secondary
#BA7152
accent
#7343E4
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080D10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

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#226E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva