#227C9F#227C9F

#227C9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.097 H 229.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227C9F
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 22%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, -13.54, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 29.45, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% -0.0636 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.097 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1228, 17.2569, 35.3807)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227C9F #9F4522

analogous

#229F83 #227C9F #223D9F

triadic

#227C9F #9F227C #7C9F22

tetradic

#227C9F #83229F #9F4522 #3D9F22

square

#227C9F #83229F #9F4522 #3D9F22

split-complementary

#227C9F #9F223D #9F8322

monochromatic

#0C2D3A #17556D #227C9F #2DA3D1 #5FB9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#227C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#227C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227C9F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227C9F	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.097 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2bb',
    500: '#227c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227c9f;
$custom-light: #71a2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55093,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227C9F

secondary

#C1785B

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227C9F

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

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