#227E99#227E99

#227E99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.092 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E99
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, -16.77, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 27.71, 232.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% -0.068 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.092 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8679, 17.5600, 32.7893)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E99 #993D22

analogous

#229979 #227E99 #224399

triadic

#227E99 #99227E #7E9922

tetradic

#227E99 #792299 #993D22 #439922

square

#227E99 #792299 #993D22 #439922

split-complementary

#227E99 #992243 #997922

monochromatic

#0C2C35 #175567 #227E99 #2DA7CB #5BBEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#227E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#227E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E99

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E99	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.092 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b7',
    500: '#227e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e99;
$custom-light: #71a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55311,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E99

secondary

#BF6F58

accent

#6741E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E99

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

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