#227E8A#227E8A

#227E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.084 H 207.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, -21.84, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 26.02, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.0743 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.084 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7060, 17.0953, 26.6699)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E8A #8A2E22

analogous

#228A62 #227E8A #224A8A

triadic

#227E8A #8A227E #7E8A22

tetradic

#227E8A #62228A #8A2E22 #4A8A22

square

#227E8A #62228A #8A2E22 #4A8A22

split-complementary

#227E8A #8A224A #8A6222

monochromatic

#0A2428 #165159 #227E8A #2EABBB #52C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#227E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#227E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E8A

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E8A	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.084 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3ac',
    500: '#227e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e8a;
$custom-light: #6ea3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54654,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E8A

secondary

#B85C50

accent

#5744E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E8A

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

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