#226E9F#226E9F

#226E9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.106 H 241.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 110, 159)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, -5.38, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 33.39, 260.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0499 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.106 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4912, 13.9936, 34.8369)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226E9F #9F5322

analogous

#229F91 #226E9F #222F9F

triadic

#226E9F #9F226E #6E9F22

tetradic

#226E9F #91229F #9F5322 #2F9F22

square

#226E9F #91229F #9F5322 #2F9F22

split-complementary

#226E9F #9F222F #9F9122

monochromatic

#0C283A #174B6D #226E9F #2D91D1 #5FABDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#226E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#226E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226E9F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226E9F	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 110, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.106 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7197bb',
    500: '#226e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226e9f;
$custom-light: #7197bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.52,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51625,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226E9F

secondary

#C1835B

accent

#8240E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #226E9F

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

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