#227C9C#227C9C

#227C9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.095 H 226.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C9C
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, -14.61, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 28.60, 239.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0648 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.095 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8656, 17.1540, 34.0263)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C9C #9C4222

analogous

#229C7F #227C9C #223F9C

triadic

#227C9C #9C227C #7C9C22

tetradic

#227C9C #7F229C #9C4222 #3F9C22

square

#227C9C #7F229C #9C4222 #3F9C22

split-complementary

#227C9C #9C223F #9C7F22

monochromatic

#0C2C38 #17546A #227C9C #2DA4CE #5DBADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#227C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#227C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C9C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C9C	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.095 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2b9',
    500: '#227c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c9c;
$custom-light: #71a2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54947,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C9C

secondary

#C0755A

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C9C

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

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