#226F9E#226F9E

#226F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.104 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#226F9E
RGB	rgb(34, 111, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, -6.35, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 32.58, 258.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.0512 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.104 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5133, 14.1761, 34.4179)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#226F9E #9E5122

analogous

#229E8F #226F9E #22319E

triadic

#226F9E #9E226F #6F9E22

tetradic

#226F9E #8F229E #9E5122 #319E22

square

#226F9E #8F229E #9E5122 #319E22

split-complementary

#226F9E #9E2231 #9E8F22

monochromatic

#0C2839 #174C6C #226F9E #2D92D0 #5EACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#226F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#226F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #226F9E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##226F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##226F9E	1.00	5.48	3.84	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5970A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #226f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 111, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.104 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098bb',
    500: '#226f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #226f9e;
$custom-light: #7098bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#226f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51815,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#226F9E

secondary

#C1825B

accent

#8040E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #226F9E

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

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