#227E9E#227E9E

#227E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.096 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, -15.02, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 28.88, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% -0.066 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.096 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2896, 17.7287, 35.0100)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9E #9E4222

analogous

#229E80 #227E9E #22409E

triadic

#227E9E #9E227E #7E9E22

tetradic

#227E9E #80229E #9E4222 #409E22

square

#227E9E #80229E #9E4222 #409E22

split-complementary

#227E9E #9E2240 #9E8022

monochromatic

#0C2E39 #17566C #227E9E #2DA6D0 #5EBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#227E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#227E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9E	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.096 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3ba',
    500: '#227e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9e;
$custom-light: #71a3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55545,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9E

secondary

#C1755B

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9E

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

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