#227C8F#227C8F

#227C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.086 H 215.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 143)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -19.11, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 26.09, 222.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.07 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.086 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8232, 16.7370, 28.5360)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C8F #8F3522

analogous

#228F6C #227C8F #22458F

triadic

#227C8F #8F227C #7C8F22

tetradic

#227C8F #6C228F #8F3522 #458F22

square

#227C8F #6C228F #8F3522 #458F22

split-complementary

#227C8F #8F2245 #8F6C22

monochromatic

#0A262C #16515E #227C8F #2EA7C0 #55C0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#227C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#227C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C8F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C8F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.086 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa2af',
    500: '#227c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c8f;
$custom-light: #6fa2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5435,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C8F

secondary

#BA6552

accent

#5F43E5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C8F

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

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