#227E9F#227E9F

#227E9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.096 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, -14.67, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 29.14, 239.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.0656 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.096 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3760, 17.7632, 35.4651)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E9F #9F4322

analogous

#229F81 #227E9F #223F9F

triadic

#227E9F #9F227E #7E9F22

tetradic

#227E9F #81229F #9F4322 #3F9F22

square

#227E9F #81229F #9F4322 #3F9F22

split-complementary

#227E9F #9F223F #9F8122

monochromatic

#0C2E3A #17566D #227E9F #2DA6D1 #5FBBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#227E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#227E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E9F

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E9F	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.096 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a3bb',
    500: '#227e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e9f;
$custom-light: #72a3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55593,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E9F

secondary

#C1765B

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E9F

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

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