#227A9B#227A9B

#227A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.095 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A9B
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, -13.84, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 28.61, 241.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% -0.0631 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.095 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5332, 16.6241, 33.4995)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A9B #9B4322

analogous

#229B80 #227A9B #223D9B

triadic

#227A9B #9B227A #7A9B22

tetradic

#227A9B #80229B #9B4322 #3D9B22

square

#227A9B #80229B #9B4322 #3D9B22

split-complementary

#227A9B #9B223D #9B8022

monochromatic

#0C2B37 #175269 #227A9B #2DA2CD #5CB9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#227A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#227A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A9B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A9B	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69789D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.095 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0b8',
    500: '#227a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a9b;
$custom-light: #71a0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54397,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A9B

secondary

#C07559

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A9B

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

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