#227E9D#227E9D

#227E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.095 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9D
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, -15.37, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 28.62, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0664 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.095 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2038, 17.6944, 34.5585)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9D #9D4122

analogous

#229D7F #227E9D #22409D

triadic

#227E9D #9D227E #7E9D22

tetradic

#227E9D #7F229D #9D4122 #409D22

square

#227E9D #7F229D #9D4122 #409D22

split-complementary

#227E9D #9D2240 #9D7F22

monochromatic

#0C2D38 #17566B #227E9D #2DA6CF #5DBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#227E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#227E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9D	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.095 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3ba',
    500: '#227e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9d;
$custom-light: #71a3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.122,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55498,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9D

secondary

#C1745A

accent

#6A40E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9D

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

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