#227CA8#227CA8

#227CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.106 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227CA8
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 168)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, -10.31, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 32.45, 251.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% -0.0603 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.106 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9324, 17.5807, 39.6446)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227CA8 #A84E22

analogous

#22A891 #227CA8 #2239A8

triadic

#227CA8 #A8227C #7CA822

tetradic

#227CA8 #9122A8 #A84E22 #39A822

square

#227CA8 #9122A8 #A84E22 #39A822

split-complementary

#227CA8 #A82239 #A89122

monochromatic

#0D3142 #185675 #227CA8 #32A0D5 #65B7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#227CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#227CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227CA8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227CA8	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.106 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a1c2',
    500: '#227ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227ca8;
$custom-light: #73a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55545,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227CA8

secondary

#C58261

accent

#773FE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227CA8

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

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