#227B8E#227B8E

#227B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.085 H 215.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B8E
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -18.90, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 25.92, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% -0.0694 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.085 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6231, 16.4575, 28.0973)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B8E #8E3522

analogous

#228E6B #227B8E #22458E

triadic

#227B8E #8E227B #7B8E22

tetradic

#227B8E #6B228E #8E3522 #458E22

square

#227B8E #6B228E #8E3522 #458E22

split-complementary

#227B8E #8E2245 #8E6B22

monochromatic

#0A252B #16505D #227B8E #2EA6BF #54BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#227B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#227B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B8E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B8E	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.085 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa1af',
    500: '#227b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b8e;
$custom-light: #6fa1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54049,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B8E

secondary

#BA6452

accent

#6043E4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B8E

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

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