#225A8E#225A8E

#225A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.103 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8E
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 36.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 0.57, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 33.99, 270.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0356 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.103 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1965, 9.6044, 26.9551)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8E #8E5622

analogous

#228E8C #225A8E #22248E

triadic

#225A8E #8E225A #5A8E22

tetradic

#225A8E #8C228E #8E5622 #248E22

square

#225A8E #8C228E #8E5622 #248E22

split-complementary

#225A8E #8E2224 #8E8C22

monochromatic

#0A1B2B #163B5D #225A8E #2E79BF #5498D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#225A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#225A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8E	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.103 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88af',
    500: '#225a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8e;
$custom-light: #6d88af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45735,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8E

secondary

#BA8452

accent

#9143E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8E

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

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