#225A8B#225A8B

#225A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.099 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8B
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, -0.59, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 32.43, 268.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% -0.0365 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.099 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9743, 9.5155, 25.7848)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8B #8B5322

analogous

#228B88 #225A8B #22268B

triadic

#225A8B #8B225A #5A8B22

tetradic

#225A8B #88228B #8B5322 #268B22

square

#225A8B #88228B #8B5322 #268B22

split-complementary

#225A8B #8B2226 #8B8822

monochromatic

#0A1A29 #163A5A #225A8B #2E7ABC #5398D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#225A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#225A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8B	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.099 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ad',
    500: '#225a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8b;
$custom-light: #6c88ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45552,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8B

secondary

#B88150

accent

#8F44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8B

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

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