#227E9C#227E9C

#227E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.094 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, -15.72, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 28.38, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.0668 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.094 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1188, 17.6604, 34.1107)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9C #9C4022

analogous

#229C7D #227E9C #22419C

triadic

#227E9C #9C227E #7E9C22

tetradic

#227E9C #7D229C #9C4022 #419C22

square

#227E9C #7D229C #9C4022 #419C22

split-complementary

#227E9C #9C2241 #9C7D22

monochromatic

#0C2D38 #17556A #227E9C #2DA7CE #5DBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#227E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#227E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9C

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9C	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.094 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3b9',
    500: '#227e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9c;
$custom-light: #71a3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5545,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9C

secondary

#C0735A

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9C

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

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