#226F8B#226F8B

#226F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.085 H 226.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226F8B
RGB	rgb(34, 111, 139)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, -13.27, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 25.72, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% -0.0581 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.085 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0024, 13.5718, 26.4608)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226F8B #8B3E22

analogous

#228B73 #226F8B #223B8B

triadic

#226F8B #8B226F #6F8B22

tetradic

#226F8B #73228B #8B3E22 #3B8B22

square

#226F8B #73228B #8B3E22 #3B8B22

split-complementary

#226F8B #8B223B #8B7322

monochromatic

#0A2029 #16485A #226F8B #2E96BC #53B2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#226F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#226F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226F8B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226F8B	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 111, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.085 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98ad',
    500: '#226f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226f8b;
$custom-light: #6d98ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50833,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226F8B

secondary

#B86C50

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226F8B

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

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