#227E9B#227E9B

#227E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.093 H 224.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9B
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, -16.07, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 28.14, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0672 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.093 224)
XYZ	xyz(14.0345, 17.6266, 33.6666)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9B #9B3F22

analogous

#229B7C #227E9B #22429B

triadic

#227E9B #9B227E #7E9B22

tetradic

#227E9B #7C229B #9B3F22 #429B22

square

#227E9B #7C229B #9B3F22 #429B22

split-complementary

#227E9B #9B2242 #9B7C22

monochromatic

#0C2C37 #175569 #227E9B #2DA7CD #5CBDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#227E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#227E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9B	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.093 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b8',
    500: '#227e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9b;
$custom-light: #71a3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55404,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.17628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9B

secondary

#C07259

accent

#6941E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9B

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

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