#227D9E#227D9E

#227D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.096 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227D9E
RGB	rgb(34, 125, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, -14.46, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 29.01, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.065 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.096 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1623, 17.4742, 34.9676)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227D9E #9E4322

analogous

#229E81 #227D9E #223F9E

triadic

#227D9E #9E227D #7D9E22

tetradic

#227D9E #81229E #9E4322 #3F9E22

square

#227D9E #81229E #9E4322 #3F9E22

split-complementary

#227D9E #9E223F #9E8122

monochromatic

#0C2D39 #17556C #227D9E #2DA5D0 #5EBBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#227D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#227D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227D9E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227D9E	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 125, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.096 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2ba',
    500: '#227d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227d9e;
$custom-light: #71a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.968,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55295,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227D9E

secondary

#C1765B

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227D9E

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

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