#226E9C#226E9C

#226E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.102 H 240.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -6.50, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 32.08, 258.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0509 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.102 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2340, 13.8908, 33.4825)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E9C #9C5022

analogous

#229C8D #226E9C #22319C

triadic

#226E9C #9C226E #6E9C22

tetradic

#226E9C #8D229C #9C5022 #319C22

square

#226E9C #8D229C #9C5022 #319C22

split-complementary

#226E9C #9C2231 #9C8D22

monochromatic

#0C2738 #174B6A #226E9C #2D91CE #5DACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#226E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#226E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E9C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E9C	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.102 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b9',
    500: '#226e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e9c;
$custom-light: #7097b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51459,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E9C

secondary

#C0805A

accent

#7F41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E9C

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

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