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#227C9D · Cerulean
Click to copy#227C9D is a medium, moderately saturated blue color, closest to Cerulean and near Cerulean and Steel Blue. In OKLCH it has 55% lightness and 0.10 chroma at hue 228°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #227C9D a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#227C9DRGB
rgb(34, 124, 157)HSL
hsl(196, 64%, 37%)CMYK
78, 21, 0, 38CSS var
--ceruleanContrast
4.73:1 white · 4.44:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #227C9D
White text passes WCAG AA on #227C9D (4.73:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #227C9D with its analogous neighbors #229B7F and #223E9B; for contrast use its complement #9B4222 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--cerulean: #227C9D;
$cerulean: #227C9D;
colors: { 'cerulean': '#227C9D' }