#227D8E#227D8E

#227D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.085 H 213.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, -19.98, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 26.07, 219.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0715 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.085 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8737, 16.9588, 28.1808)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227D8E #8E3322

analogous

#228E69 #227D8E #22478E

triadic

#227D8E #8E227D #7D8E22

tetradic

#227D8E #69228E #8E3322 #478E22

square

#227D8E #69228E #8E3322 #478E22

split-complementary

#227D8E #8E2247 #8E6922

monochromatic

#0A262B #16525D #227D8E #2EA8BF #54C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#227D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#227D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227D8E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227D8E	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.085 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3af',
    500: '#227d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227d8e;
$custom-light: #6fa3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54564,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227D8E

secondary

#BA6252

accent

#5D43E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227D8E

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

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