#227A9E#227A9E

#227A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.097 H 230.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A9E
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(197, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, -12.77, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 29.51, 244.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% -0.062 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.097 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7883, 16.7261, 34.8429)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A9E #9E4622

analogous

#229E84 #227A9E #223C9E

triadic

#227A9E #9E227A #7A9E22

tetradic

#227A9E #84229E #9E4622 #3C9E22

square

#227A9E #84229E #9E4622 #3C9E22

split-complementary

#227A9E #9E223C #9E8422

monochromatic

#0C2C39 #17536C #227A9E #2DA1D0 #5EB8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#227A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#227A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A9E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A9E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6878A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.097 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ba',
    500: '#227a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a9e;
$custom-light: #71a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54544,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A9E

secondary

#C1785B

accent

#7140E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A9E

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

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