#226F8D#226F8D

#226F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.087 H 228.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226F8D
RGB	rgb(34, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, -12.56, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 26.28, 241.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% -0.0573 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.087 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1499, 13.6307, 27.2375)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226F8D #8D4022

analogous

#228D76 #226F8D #223A8D

triadic

#226F8D #8D226F #6F8D22

tetradic

#226F8D #76228D #8D4022 #3A8D22

square

#226F8D #76228D #8D4022 #3A8D22

split-complementary

#226F8D #8D223A #8D7622

monochromatic

#0A212A #16485C #226F8D #2E96BE #54B1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#226F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#226F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226F8D

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226F8D	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.087 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d98ae',
    500: '#226f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226f8d;
$custom-light: #6d98ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50931,
    "c": 0.08653,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226F8D

secondary

#B96F51

accent

#7144E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #226F8D

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

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