#225A7D#225A7D

#225A7D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.082 H 239.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A7D
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 125)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 28%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, -5.89, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 25.69, 256.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% -0.0411 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.082 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0161, 9.1322, 20.7383)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A7D #7D4522

analogous

#227D72 #225A7D #222C7D

triadic

#225A7D #7D225A #5A7D22

tetradic

#225A7D #72227D #7D4522 #2C7D22

square

#225A7D #72227D #7D4522 #2C7D22

split-complementary

#225A7D #7D222C #7D7222

monochromatic

#08151D #15374D #225A7D #2F7DAD #4B9CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#225A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#225A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A7D

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A7D	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.082 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6988a3',
    500: '#225a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a7d;
$custom-light: #6988a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44747,
    "c": 0.0816,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A7D

secondary

#B0724B

accent

#8247E0

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF3

border

#C7CACD

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A7D

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

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