#227AA8#227AA8

#227AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.107 H 236.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 168)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, -9.15, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 33.03, 253.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0584 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.107 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6843, 17.0845, 39.5619)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227AA8 #A85022

analogous

#22A893 #227AA8 #2237A8

triadic

#227AA8 #A8227A #7AA822

tetradic

#227AA8 #9322A8 #A85022 #37A822

square

#227AA8 #9322A8 #A85022 #37A822

split-complementary

#227AA8 #A82237 #A89322

monochromatic

#0D3042 #185575 #227AA8 #329DD5 #65B5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#227AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#227AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227AA8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227AA8	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.107 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a0c2',
    500: '#227aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227aa8;
$custom-light: #73a0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55054,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227AA8

secondary

#C58361

accent

#793FE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227AA8

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

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