#227A8D#227A8D

#227A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.085 H 215.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A8D
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 141)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, -18.70, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 25.74, 223.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0688 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.085 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4249, 16.1808, 27.6625)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A8D #8D3522

analogous

#228D6B #227A8D #22458D

triadic

#227A8D #8D227A #7A8D22

tetradic

#227A8D #6B228D #8D3522 #458D22

square

#227A8D #6B228D #8D3522 #458D22

split-complementary

#227A8D #8D2245 #8D6B22

monochromatic

#0A252A #164F5C #227A8D #2EA5BE #54BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#227A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#227A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A8D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A8D	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.085 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0ae',
    500: '#227a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a8d;
$custom-light: #6ea0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.654,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53748,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A8D

secondary

#B96451

accent

#6044E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A8D

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

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