#227C8E#227C8E

#227C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.085 H 214.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, -19.44, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 25.99, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0705 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.085 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7477, 16.7069, 28.1388)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C8E #8E3422

analogous

#228E6A #227C8E #22468E

triadic

#227C8E #8E227C #7C8E22

tetradic

#227C8E #6A228E #8E3422 #468E22

square

#227C8E #6A228E #8E3422 #468E22

split-complementary

#227C8E #8E2246 #8E6A22

monochromatic

#0A262B #16515D #227C8E #2EA7BF #54C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#227C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#227C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C8E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C8E	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.085 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa2af',
    500: '#227c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c8e;
$custom-light: #6fa2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54307,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C8E

secondary

#BA6352

accent

#5E43E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C8E

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

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