#227A8B#227A8B

#227A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.084 H 213.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A8B
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 139)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, -19.38, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 25.53, 220.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% -0.0696 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.084 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2774, 16.1218, 26.8858)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A8B #8B3322

analogous

#228B68 #227A8B #22468B

triadic

#227A8B #8B227A #7A8B22

tetradic

#227A8B #68228B #8B3322 #468B22

square

#227A8B #68228B #8B3322 #468B22

split-complementary

#227A8B #8B2246 #8B6822

monochromatic

#0A2429 #164F5A #227A8B #2EA5BC #53C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#227A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#227A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A8B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A8B	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.084 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0ad',
    500: '#227a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a8b;
$custom-light: #6ea0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53661,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A8B

secondary

#B86150

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A8B

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

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