#227D9F#227D9F

#227D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.097 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 125, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, -14.11, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 29.29, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.0646 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.097 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2487, 17.5088, 35.4227)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227D9F #9F4422

analogous

#229F82 #227D9F #223E9F

triadic

#227D9F #9F227D #7D9F22

tetradic

#227D9F #82229F #9F4422 #3E9F22

square

#227D9F #82229F #9F4422 #3E9F22

split-complementary

#227D9F #9F223E #9F8222

monochromatic

#0C2E3A #17556D #227D9F #2DA5D1 #5FBADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#227D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#227D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227D9F

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227D9F	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 125, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.097 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2bb',
    500: '#227d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227d9f;
$custom-light: #71a2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55343,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227D9F

secondary

#C1775B

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227D9F

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

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