#225A8A#225A8A

#225A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.098 H 247.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8A
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, -0.97, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 31.92, 268.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% -0.0368 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.098 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9016, 9.4864, 25.4017)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8A #8A5222

analogous

#228A86 #225A8A #22268A

triadic

#225A8A #8A225A #5A8A22

tetradic

#225A8A #86228A #8A5222 #268A22

square

#225A8A #86228A #8A5222 #268A22

split-complementary

#225A8A #8A2226 #8A8622

monochromatic

#0A1A28 #163A59 #225A8A #2E7ABB #5298D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#225A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#225A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8A

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8A	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.098 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ac',
    500: '#225a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8a;
$custom-light: #6c88ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45492,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8A

secondary

#B88050

accent

#8E44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8A

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

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