#227A9F#227A9F

#227A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.098 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(198, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, -12.41, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 29.82, 245.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% -0.0616 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.098 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8747, 16.7607, 35.2980)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A9F #9F4722

analogous

#229F85 #227A9F #223B9F

triadic

#227A9F #9F227A #7A9F22

tetradic

#227A9F #85229F #9F4722 #3B9F22

square

#227A9F #85229F #9F4722 #3B9F22

split-complementary

#227A9F #9F223B #9F8522

monochromatic

#0C2D3A #17536D #227A9F #2DA1D1 #5FB7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#227A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#227A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A9F

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A9F	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6778A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.098 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0bb',
    500: '#227a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a9f;
$custom-light: #71a0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54593,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A9F

secondary

#C17A5B

accent

#7240E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A9F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →