#227EA9#227EA9

#227EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.106 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227EA9
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, -11.09, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 32.29, 249.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0619 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.106 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2791, 18.1245, 40.2215)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227EA9 #A94D22

analogous

#22A990 #227EA9 #223BA9

triadic

#227EA9 #A9227E #7EA922

tetradic

#227EA9 #9022A9 #A94D22 #3BA922

square

#227EA9 #9022A9 #A94D22 #3BA922

split-complementary

#227EA9 #A9223B #A99022

monochromatic

#0D3243 #185876 #227EA9 #32A2D6 #65B9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#227EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#227EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #227EA9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##227EA9	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5771A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.106 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a3c2',
    500: '#227ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227ea9;
$custom-light: #73a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56089,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227EA9

secondary

#C58161

accent

#753EE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F7

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #227EA9

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

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