#227E8B#227E8B

#227E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.084 H 208.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E8B
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, -21.51, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 26.04, 214.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0738 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.084 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7787, 17.1243, 27.0529)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E8B #8B2F22

analogous

#228B64 #227E8B #224A8B

triadic

#227E8B #8B227E #7E8B22

tetradic

#227E8B #64228B #8B2F22 #4A8B22

square

#227E8B #64228B #8B2F22 #4A8B22

split-complementary

#227E8B #8B224A #8B6422

monochromatic

#0A2529 #16515A #227E8B #2EABBC #53C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#227E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#227E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E8B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E8B	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.084 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3ac',
    500: '#227e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e8b;
$custom-light: #6fa3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E8B

secondary

#B85D50

accent

#5844E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E8B

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

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