#227AA9#227AA9

#227AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.108 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#227AA9
RGBrgb(34, 122, 169)
HSLhsl(201, 67%, 40%)
HSVhsv(201, 80%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(79.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.41, -8.78, -32.25)
CIE-LCHlch(48.41, 33.42, 254.76°)
OKLaboklab(55.11% -0.0581 -0.0912)
OKLCHoklch(55.11% 0.108 237.5)
XYZxyz(14.7778, 17.1219, 40.0544)
Luminance0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#227AA9 #A95122
analogous
#22A995 #227AA9 #2237A9
triadic
#227AA9 #A9227A #7AA922
tetradic
#227AA9 #9522A9 #A95122 #37A922
square
#227AA9 #9522A9 #A95122 #37A922
split-complementary
#227AA9 #A92237 #A99522
monochromatic
#0D3043 #185576 #227AA9 #329DD6 #65B5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75
#227AA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42
#227AA9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227AA9
4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##227AA9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##227AA91.004.754.424.75
#FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00
#0000004.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#637AAB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#516DA8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00868A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #227aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.108 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a0c2',
    500: '#227aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #227aa9;
$custom-light: #73a0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#227aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55107,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#227AA9
secondary
#C58461
accent
#7A3EE9
background
#F7F9FC
surface
#EEF2F8
border
#C9CCD1
text
#090E12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

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#227AA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva