#225A8C#225A8C

#225A8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.100 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8C
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 140)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, -0.20, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 32.95, 269.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% -0.0362 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.1 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0477, 9.5448, 26.1714)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8C #8C5422

analogous

#228C89 #225A8C #22258C

triadic

#225A8C #8C225A #5A8C22

tetradic

#225A8C #89228C #8C5422 #258C22

square

#225A8C #89228C #8C5422 #258C22

split-complementary

#225A8C #8C2225 #8C8922

monochromatic

#0A1B2A #163A5B #225A8C #2E7ABD #5398D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#225A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#225A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8C	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34538B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.100 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ae',
    500: '#225a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8c;
$custom-light: #6c88ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.302,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45613,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8C

secondary

#B98251

accent

#8F44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8C

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

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