#225A74#225A74

#225A74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.072 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A74
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 116)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, -9.20, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 22.12, 245.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% -0.0444 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.072 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4670, 8.9126, 17.8464)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A74 #743C22

analogous

#227465 #225A74 #223174

triadic

#225A74 #74225A #5A7422

tetradic

#225A74 #652274 #743C22 #317422

square

#225A74 #652274 #743C22 #317422

split-complementary

#225A74 #742231 #746522

monochromatic

#071218 #143545 #225A74 #307FA3 #47A0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#225A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#225A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A74

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A74	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.072 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68889c',
    500: '#225a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a74;
$custom-light: #68889c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44272,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A74

secondary

#A7684B

accent

#794ADE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A74

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

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