#227D99#227D99

#227D99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.092 H 223.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227D99
RGB	rgb(34, 125, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, -16.21, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 27.77, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% -0.0669 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.092 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7407, 17.3056, 32.7469)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227D99 #993E22

analogous

#22997A #227D99 #224299

triadic

#227D99 #99227D #7D9922

tetradic

#227D99 #7A2299 #993E22 #429922

square

#227D99 #7A2299 #993E22 #429922

split-complementary

#227D99 #992242 #997A22

monochromatic

#0C2B35 #175467 #227D99 #2DA6CB #5BBCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#227D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#227D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227D99

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227D99	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 125, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.092 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a2b7',
    500: '#227d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227d99;
$custom-light: #70a2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55058,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227D99

secondary

#BF7058

accent

#6841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227D99

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

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