#227B8D#227B8D

#227B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.085 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B8D
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, -19.24, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 25.81, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% -0.0698 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.085 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5483, 16.4276, 27.7036)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B8D #8D3422

analogous

#228D6A #227B8D #22468D

triadic

#227B8D #8D227B #7B8D22

tetradic

#227B8D #6A228D #8D3422 #468D22

square

#227B8D #6A228D #8D3422 #468D22

split-complementary

#227B8D #8D2246 #8D6A22

monochromatic

#0A252A #16505C #227B8D #2EA6BE #54C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#227B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#227B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B8D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B8D	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.085 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa1ae',
    500: '#227b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b8d;
$custom-light: #6fa1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.093,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54006,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B8D

secondary

#B96351

accent

#5F44E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B8D

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

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