#22556B#22556B

#22556B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.065 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22556B
RGB	rgb(34, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, -9.42, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 20.03, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% -0.0423 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.065 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5610, 7.8979, 15.0857)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22556B #6B3822

analogous

#226B5C #22556B #22316B

triadic

#22556B #6B2255 #556B22

tetradic

#22556B #5C226B #6B3822 #316B22

square

#22556B #5C226B #6B3822 #316B22

split-complementary

#22556B #6B2231 #6B5C22

monochromatic

#071217 #13303D #22556B #317A99 #449DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#22556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#22556B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #22556B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##22556B	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A546C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.065 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668495',
    500: '#22556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22556b;
$custom-light: #668495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42508,
    "c": 0.06506,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22556B

secondary

#9F644A

accent

#784DDB

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #22556B

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

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