#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
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 169)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, -8.78, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 33.42, 254.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% -0.0581 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.108 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7778, 17.1219, 40.0544)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##227AA9	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)

#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

Preview with #227AA9

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

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