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#226495 color: Starry Night

#226495 is rgb(34, 100, 149) in RGB and oklch(48.602% 0.1024 244.933) in OKLCH. Every other format, shade and contrast value is below.

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206°
100%

48.6%
0.102
245°
  • Sky blue
  • Dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Cool
  • ≈ Cerulean
  • sky-700
  • Black 42%

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text
6.32:1Readable · AA
Lc -86
Black text
3.32:1Hard to read
Lc 23

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About #226495

#226495 is a deep dark sky blue color. In OKLCH it has 48.6% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 245°.

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text on it reaches 6.32:1 contrast and black text 3.32:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Starry Night (#286492). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is sky-700.

More dark sky blue colors

Lighter: #226495 mixed with white

  1. 226495
  2. 3b73a0
  3. 5182ab
  4. 6791b5
  5. 7ca0c0
  6. 91b0cb
  7. a7bfd5
  8. bccfe0
  9. d2dfea
  10. e9eff5

Darker: #226495 mixed with black

  1. 226495
  2. 1c5681
  3. 16486d
  4. 113b5a
  5. 0b2e48
  6. 072237
  7. 031626
  8. 010b16
  9. 000308
  10. 000001

Calmer: #226495 with less saturation

  1. 226495
  2. 2c6490
  3. 33648b
  4. 3a6385
  5. 416380
  6. 46637b
  7. 4c6275
  8. 516170
  9. 56616a
  10. 5b6065

Questions about #226495

What color is #226495?

#226495 is deep dark sky blue. The closest named color is Starry Night. In RGB it is rgb(34, 100, 149), in HSL hsl(205.57, 62.84%, 35.88%) and in OKLCH oklch(48.602% 0.1024 244.933).

What colors go well with #226495?

The complementary color of #226495 is #865110. For a calmer combination use the analogous colors #006d83 and #4f5999. The triadic partners are #8e4457 and #526920.

Is white or black text more readable on #226495?

White text reads better on #226495: white gives a contrast ratio of 6.32:1 and black gives 3.32:1. WCAG AA asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text.

Is #226495 a warm or cool color?

#226495 is a cool color. In OKLCH its hue is 245 degrees, its lightness 48.6% and its chroma 0.102.