#227B9A#227B9A

#227B9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.093 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B9A
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, -14.75, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 28.20, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0645 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.093 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5730, 16.8375, 33.1002)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B9A #9A4122

analogous

#229A7D #227B9A #223F9A

triadic

#227B9A #9A227B #7B9A22

tetradic

#227B9A #7D229A #9A4122 #3F9A22

square

#227B9A #7D229A #9A4122 #3F9A22

split-complementary

#227B9A #9A223F #9A7D22

monochromatic

#0C2B36 #175368 #227B9A #2DA3CC #5BBADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#227B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#227B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B9A

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B9A	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.093 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a1b8',
    500: '#227b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b9a;
$custom-light: #70a1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.546,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B9A

secondary

#BF7358

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B9A

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

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