#227CA9#227CA9

#227CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.107 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227CA9
RGB	rgb(34, 124, 169)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, -9.94, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 32.83, 252.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% -0.06 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.107 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0259, 17.6181, 40.1371)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227CA9 #A94F22

analogous

#22A992 #227CA9 #2239A9

triadic

#227CA9 #A9227C #7CA922

tetradic

#227CA9 #9222A9 #A94F22 #39A922

square

#227CA9 #9222A9 #A94F22 #39A922

split-complementary

#227CA9 #A92239 #A99222

monochromatic

#0D3143 #185776 #227CA9 #329FD6 #65B7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#227CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#227CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227CA9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227CA9	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 124, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.107 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a1c2',
    500: '#227ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227ca9;
$custom-light: #73a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55597,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227CA9

secondary

#C58361

accent

#773EE9

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F7

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227CA9

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

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