#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
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, -11.62, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 26.77, 244.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0559 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.088 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1161, 13.4436, 27.5950)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##226E8E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #226E8E

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

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