#227D9B#227D9B

#227D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.094 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227D9B
RGB	rgb(34, 125, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, -15.52, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 28.23, 236.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% -0.0662 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.094 225)
XYZ	xyz(13.9072, 17.3722, 33.6242)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227D9B #9B4022

analogous

#229B7D #227D9B #22419B

triadic

#227D9B #9B227D #7D9B22

tetradic

#227D9B #7D229B #9B4022 #419B22

square

#227D9B #7D229B #9B4022 #419B22

split-complementary

#227D9B #9B2241 #9B7D22

monochromatic

#0C2C37 #175569 #227D9B #2DA5CD #5CBCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#227D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#227D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227D9B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227D9B	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 125, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.094 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2b8',
    500: '#227d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227d9b;
$custom-light: #71a2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.876,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55151,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.17374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227D9B

secondary

#C07359

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227D9B

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

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