#227F9D#227F9D

#227F9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.095 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227F9D
RGB	rgb(34, 127, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, -15.93, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 28.52, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.0674 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.095 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3323, 17.9514, 34.6013)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227F9D #9D4022

analogous

#229D7D #227F9D #22429D

triadic

#227F9D #9D227F #7F9D22

tetradic

#227F9D #7D229D #9D4022 #429D22

square

#227F9D #7D229D #9D4022 #429D22

split-complementary

#227F9D #9D2242 #9D7D22

monochromatic

#0C2E38 #17566B #227F9D #2DA8CF #5DBDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#227F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#227F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #227F9D

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##227F9D	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 127, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.095 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a4ba',
    500: '#227f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227f9d;
$custom-light: #71a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55749,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227F9D

secondary

#C1735A

accent

#6940E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227F9D

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

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