#227F9E#227F9E

#227F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.095 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227F9E
RGB	rgb(34, 127, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, -15.57, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 28.76, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% -0.067 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.095 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4181, 17.9857, 35.0528)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227F9E #9E4122

analogous

#229E7F #227F9E #22419E

triadic

#227F9E #9E227F #7F9E22

tetradic

#227F9E #7F229E #9E4122 #419E22

square

#227F9E #7F229E #9E4122 #419E22

split-complementary

#227F9E #9E2241 #9E7F22

monochromatic

#0C2E39 #17576C #227F9E #2DA7D0 #5EBDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#227F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#227F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #227F9E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##227F9E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 127, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.095 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a4ba',
    500: '#227f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227f9e;
$custom-light: #71a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55796,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227F9E

secondary

#C1745B

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #227F9E

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

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