#225A8D#225A8D

#225A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.102 H 249.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8D
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 141)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, 0.18, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 33.47, 270.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.0359 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.102 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1218, 9.5745, 26.5614)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8D #8D5522

analogous

#228D8B #225A8D #22258D

triadic

#225A8D #8D225A #5A8D22

tetradic

#225A8D #8B228D #8D5522 #258D22

square

#225A8D #8B228D #8D5522 #258D22

split-complementary

#225A8D #8D2225 #8D8B22

monochromatic

#0A1B2A #163B5C #225A8D #2E79BE #5498D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#225A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#225A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8D	1.00	7.20	2.91	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.102 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c88ae',
    500: '#225a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8d;
$custom-light: #6c88ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.598,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45674,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8D

secondary

#B98351

accent

#9044E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8D

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

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