#227A9C#227A9C

#227A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.095 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A9C
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 156)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(197, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -13.48, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 28.90, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% -0.0628 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.095 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6175, 16.6578, 33.9436)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A9C #9C4422

analogous

#229C81 #227A9C #223D9C

triadic

#227A9C #9C227A #7A9C22

tetradic

#227A9C #81229C #9C4422 #3D9C22

square

#227A9C #81229C #9C4422 #3D9C22

split-complementary

#227A9C #9C223D #9C8122

monochromatic

#0C2B38 #17536A #227A9C #2DA1CE #5DB8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#227A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#227A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A9C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A9C	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68789E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.095 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0b9',
    500: '#227a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a9c;
$custom-light: #71a0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54445,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A9C

secondary

#C0765A

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A9C

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

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