#226E9E#226E9E

#226E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.105 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, -5.75, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 32.95, 259.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% -0.0503 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.105 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4048, 13.9591, 34.3817)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E9E #9E5222

analogous

#229E90 #226E9E #22309E

triadic

#226E9E #9E226E #6E9E22

tetradic

#226E9E #90229E #9E5222 #309E22

square

#226E9E #90229E #9E5222 #309E22

split-complementary

#226E9E #9E2230 #9E9022

monochromatic

#0C2839 #174B6C #226E9E #2D91D0 #5EABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#226E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#226E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E9E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E9E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.105 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097bb',
    500: '#226e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e9e;
$custom-light: #7097bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51569,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E9E

secondary

#C1825B

accent

#8140E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E9E

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

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