#227B9F#227B9F

#227B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.098 H 230.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227B9F
RGB	rgb(34, 123, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 22.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, -12.98, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 29.63, 244.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.0626 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.098 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9981, 17.0075, 35.3392)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227B9F #9F4622

analogous

#229F84 #227B9F #223C9F

triadic

#227B9F #9F227B #7B9F22

tetradic

#227B9F #84229F #9F4622 #3C9F22

square

#227B9F #84229F #9F4622 #3C9F22

split-complementary

#227B9F #9F223C #9F8422

monochromatic

#0C2D3A #17546D #227B9F #2DA2D1 #5FB8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#227B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#227B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227B9F

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227B9F	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6979A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 123, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.098 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a1bb',
    500: '#227b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227b9f;
$custom-light: #71a1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227B9F

secondary

#C1795B

accent

#7040E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227B9F

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

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