#227E97#227E97

#227E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.090 H 220.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E97
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, -17.46, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 27.32, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% -0.0688 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.09 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7041, 17.4945, 31.9267)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E97 #973B22

analogous

#229776 #227E97 #224497

triadic

#227E97 #97227E #7E9722

tetradic

#227E97 #762297 #973B22 #449722

square

#227E97 #762297 #973B22 #449722

split-complementary

#227E97 #972244 #977622

monochromatic

#0C2B33 #175465 #227E97 #2DA8C9 #5ABEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#227E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#227E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E97

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E97	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.090 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3b5',
    500: '#227e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e97;
$custom-light: #70a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55219,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E97

secondary

#BE6D57

accent

#6542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E97

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

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