#227C9B#227C9B

#227C9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.094 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C9B
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 20%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, -14.96, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 28.34, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.0651 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.094 226)
XYZ	xyz(13.7813, 17.1203, 33.5822)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C9B #9B4122

analogous

#229B7E #227C9B #22409B

triadic

#227C9B #9B227C #7C9B22

tetradic

#227C9B #7E229B #9B4122 #409B22

square

#227C9B #7E229B #9B4122 #409B22

split-complementary

#227C9B #9B2240 #9B7E22

monochromatic

#0C2C37 #175469 #227C9B #2DA4CD #5CBBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#227C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#227C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C9B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C9B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.094 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2b8',
    500: '#227c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c9b;
$custom-light: #71a2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.549,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C9B

secondary

#C07359

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C9B

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

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