#227B9C#227B9C

#227B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.095 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B9C
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, -14.04, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 28.75, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0638 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.095 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7409, 16.9046, 33.9848)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B9C #9C4322

analogous

#229C80 #227B9C #223E9C

triadic

#227B9C #9C227B #7B9C22

tetradic

#227B9C #80229C #9C4322 #3E9C22

square

#227B9C #80229C #9C4322 #3E9C22

split-complementary

#227B9C #9C223E #9C8022

monochromatic

#0C2C38 #17536A #227B9C #2DA3CE #5DB9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#227B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#227B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B9C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B9C	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.095 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a1b9',
    500: '#227b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b9c;
$custom-light: #71a1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54696,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B9C

secondary

#C0755A

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B9C

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

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