#225A8F#225A8F

#225A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.104 H 250.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A8F
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 143)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 0.95, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 34.52, 271.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0354 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.104 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2719, 9.6345, 27.3523)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A8F #8F5722

analogous

#228F8D #225A8F #22248F

triadic

#225A8F #8F225A #5A8F22

tetradic

#225A8F #8D228F #8F5722 #248F22

square

#225A8F #8D228F #8F5722 #248F22

split-complementary

#225A8F #8F2224 #8F8D22

monochromatic

#0A1C2C #163B5E #225A8F #2E79C0 #5597D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#225A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#225A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A8F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A8F	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31538E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.104 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88b0',
    500: '#225a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a8f;
$custom-light: #6d88b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.174,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45797,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A8F

secondary

#BA8552

accent

#9243E5

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF5

border

#C8CACF

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A8F

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

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