#225A9F#225A9F

#225A9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.126 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 159)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(213, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 43.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 7.19, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 43.24, 279.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% -0.0314 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.126 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5715, 10.1544, 34.1970)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A9F #9F6722

analogous

#22989F #225A9F #28229F

triadic

#225A9F #9F225A #5A9F22

tetradic

#225A9F #9F2298 #9F6722 #229F28

square

#225A9F #9F2298 #9F6722 #229F28

split-complementary

#225A9F #9F2822 #989F22

monochromatic

#0C213A #173D6D #225A9F #2D77D1 #5F97DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#225A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#225A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A9F

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A9F	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3860A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21549E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.126 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7088bc',
    500: '#225a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a9f;
$custom-light: #7088bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46835,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A9F

secondary

#C1945B

accent

#9D40E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A9F

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

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