#227B9B#227B9B

#227B9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.094 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B9B
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, -14.40, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 28.47, 239.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.0641 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.094 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6566, 16.8709, 33.5406)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B9B #9B4222

analogous

#229B7F #227B9B #223E9B

triadic

#227B9B #9B227B #7B9B22

tetradic

#227B9B #7F229B #9B4222 #3E9B22

square

#227B9B #7F229B #9B4222 #3E9B22

split-complementary

#227B9B #9B223E #9B7F22

monochromatic

#0C2B37 #175369 #227B9B #2DA3CD #5CBADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#227B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#227B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B9B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B9B	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.094 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a1b8',
    500: '#227b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b9b;
$custom-light: #71a1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54648,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B9B

secondary

#C07459

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B9B

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

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