#227E9A#227E9A

#227E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.093 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9A
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 154)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, -16.42, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 27.92, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% -0.0676 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.093 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9508, 17.5932, 33.2261)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9A #9A3E22

analogous

#229A7A #227E9A #22429A

triadic

#227E9A #9A227E #7E9A22

tetradic

#227E9A #7A229A #9A3E22 #429A22

square

#227E9A #7A229A #9A3E22 #429A22

split-complementary

#227E9A #9A2242 #9A7A22

monochromatic

#0C2C36 #175568 #227E9A #2DA7CC #5BBDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#227E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#227E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9A

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9A	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.093 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b7',
    500: '#227e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9a;
$custom-light: #71a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55357,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9A

secondary

#BF7058

accent

#6841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9A

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

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