#227C8B#227C8B

#227C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.084 H 211.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 139)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, -20.45, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 25.75, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0717 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.084 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5255, 16.6180, 26.9685)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C8B #8B3122

analogous

#228B66 #227C8B #22488B

triadic

#227C8B #8B227C #7C8B22

tetradic

#227C8B #66228B #8B3122 #488B22

square

#227C8B #66228B #8B3122 #488B22

split-complementary

#227C8B #8B2248 #8B6622

monochromatic

#0A2429 #16505A #227C8B #2EA8BC #53C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#227C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#227C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C8B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C8B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.084 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea2ac',
    500: '#227c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c8b;
$custom-light: #6ea2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54178,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C8B

secondary

#B85F50

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C8B

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

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