#227A8A#227A8A

#227A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.083 H 212.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A8A
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 138)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, -19.71, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 25.45, 219.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% -0.0701 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.083 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2047, 16.0927, 26.5028)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A8A #8A3222

analogous

#228A66 #227A8A #22468A

triadic

#227A8A #8A227A #7A8A22

tetradic

#227A8A #66228A #8A3222 #468A22

square

#227A8A #66228A #8A3222 #468A22

split-complementary

#227A8A #8A2246 #8A6622

monochromatic

#0A2328 #164F59 #227A8A #2EA5BB #52C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#227A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#227A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A8A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A8A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.083 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0ac',
    500: '#227a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a8a;
$custom-light: #6ea0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53618,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A8A

secondary

#B86050

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A8A

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

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