#226972

Color #226972

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 13.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#226972

RGB

rgb(34, 105, 114)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 54.1%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 70.2%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(40.67, -18.51, -11.46)

LCH

lch(40.67, 21.77, 211.76)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0699, 207.08)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 13.3%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#722b22

Analogous

#227253

#226972

#224172

Triadic

#226972

#722269

#697222

Split-complementary

#226972

#722241

#725322

Tetradic

#226972

#2b2272

#722b22

#697222

Square

#226972

#532272

#722b22

#417222

Shades

Color #226972 mixed toward black.

#1c575f

#17464c

#113439

#0b2326

#061113

Tints

Color #226972 mixed toward white.

#3094a0

#45b9c8

#74cad5

#a2dce3

#d1edf1

Tones

Color #226972 mixed toward gray.

#29646b

#2f5f65

#36595e

#3d5457

#434f51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4c70 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#47416f · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#296e6e · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #226972;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#226972]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#226972 (#226972) is rgb(34, 105, 114) in RGB.

No, #226972 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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