#225A7E#225A7E

#225A7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.083 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A7E
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 126)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(203, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 28.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, -5.52, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 26.13, 257.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0407 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.083 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0803, 9.1579, 21.0764)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A7E #7E4622

analogous

#227E74 #225A7E #222C7E

triadic

#225A7E #7E225A #5A7E22

tetradic

#225A7E #74227E #7E4622 #2C7E22

square

#225A7E #74227E #7E4622 #2C7E22

split-complementary

#225A7E #7E222C #7E7422

monochromatic

#08151E #15384E #225A7E #2F7CAE #4C9BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#225A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#225A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A7E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A7E	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.083 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a88a3',
    500: '#225a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a7e;
$custom-light: #6a88a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44802,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A7E

secondary

#B1734B

accent

#8347E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A7E

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

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