#227C9D#227C9D

#227C9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.095 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C9D
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 21%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, -14.25, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 28.88, 240.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55% -0.0644 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.095 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9506, 17.1880, 34.4741)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C9D #9D4322

analogous

#229D81 #227C9D #223E9D

triadic

#227C9D #9D227C #7C9D22

tetradic

#227C9D #81229D #9D4322 #3E9D22

square

#227C9D #81229D #9D4322 #3E9D22

split-complementary

#227C9D #9D223E #9D8122

monochromatic

#0C2D38 #17546B #227C9D #2DA4CF #5DBADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#227C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#227C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C9D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C9D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.095 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2ba',
    500: '#227c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c9d;
$custom-light: #71a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54995,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C9D

secondary

#C1765A

accent

#6D40E7

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C9D

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

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