#227CA5#227CA5

#227CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.103 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227CA5
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(199, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, -11.39, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 31.38, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% -0.0614 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.103 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6561, 17.4702, 38.1897)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227CA5 #A54B22

analogous

#22A58D #227CA5 #223AA5

triadic

#227CA5 #A5227C #7CA522

tetradic

#227CA5 #8D22A5 #A54B22 #3AA522

square

#227CA5 #8D22A5 #A54B22 #3AA522

split-complementary

#227CA5 #A5223A #A58D22

monochromatic

#0D3040 #185672 #227CA5 #30A1D4 #63B8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#227CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#227CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227CA5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227CA5	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.103 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a1c0',
    500: '#227ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227ca5;
$custom-light: #72a1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55392,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227CA5

secondary

#C47F5F

accent

#743FE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F7

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227CA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →