#227E86#227E86

#227E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.083 H 203.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E86
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 134)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, -23.15, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 26.07, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% -0.0761 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.083 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4217, 16.9815, 25.1727)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E86 #862A22

analogous

#22865C #227E86 #224C86

triadic

#227E86 #86227E #7E8622

tetradic

#227E86 #5C2286 #862A22 #4C8622

square

#227E86 #5C2286 #862A22 #4C8622

split-complementary

#227E86 #86224C #865C22

monochromatic

#092224 #165055 #227E86 #2EACB7 #50C8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#227E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#227E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E86

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E86	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.083 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3a9',
    500: '#227e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e86;
$custom-light: #6ea3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5449,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E86

secondary

#B6564E

accent

#5245E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E86

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

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