#227B8F#227B8F

#227B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.086 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B8F
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 143)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 14%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, -18.56, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 26.04, 224.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% -0.069 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.086 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6985, 16.4877, 28.4945)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B8F #8F3622

analogous

#228F6D #227B8F #22458F

triadic

#227B8F #8F227B #7B8F22

tetradic

#227B8F #6D228F #8F3622 #458F22

square

#227B8F #6D228F #8F3622 #458F22

split-complementary

#227B8F #8F2245 #8F6D22

monochromatic

#0A262C #16505E #227B8F #2EA6C0 #55BFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#227B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#227B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B8F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B8F	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.086 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa1af',
    500: '#227b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b8f;
$custom-light: #6fa1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54094,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B8F

secondary

#BA6552

accent

#6143E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B8F

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

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