#225A72#225A72

#225A72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.070 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A72
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, -9.92, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 21.45, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% -0.0452 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.07 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3519, 8.8665, 17.2403)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A72 #723A22

analogous

#227262 #225A72 #223272

triadic

#225A72 #72225A #5A7222

tetradic

#225A72 #622272 #723A22 #327222

square

#225A72 #622272 #723A22 #327222

split-complementary

#225A72 #722232 #726222

monochromatic

#071318 #143543 #225A72 #307FA1 #46A1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#225A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#225A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A72

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A72	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.070 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68889a',
    500: '#225a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a72;
$custom-light: #68889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44171,
    "c": 0.06986,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A72

secondary

#A5664B

accent

#764ADD

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A72

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

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