#227E8D#227E8D

#227E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.085 H 211.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, -20.85, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 26.12, 217.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.073 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.085 211)
XYZ	xyz(12.9262, 17.1833, 27.8296)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E8D #8D3122

analogous

#228D67 #227E8D #22498D

triadic

#227E8D #8D227E #7E8D22

tetradic

#227E8D #67228D #8D3122 #498D22

square

#227E8D #67228D #8D3122 #498D22

split-complementary

#227E8D #8D2249 #8D6722

monochromatic

#0A262A #16525C #227E8D #2EAABE #54C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#227E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#227E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E8D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E8D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.085 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3ae',
    500: '#227e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e8d;
$custom-light: #6fa3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54779,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E8D

secondary

#B96051

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E8D

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

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