#225AA8#225AA8

#225AA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.138 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 168)
HSL	hsl(215, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(215, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 46.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 10.72, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 48.30, 282.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.0296 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.138 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3811, 10.4782, 38.4609)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225AA8 #A87022

analogous

#229DA8 #225AA8 #2D22A8

triadic

#225AA8 #A8225A #5AA822

tetradic

#225AA8 #A8229D #A87022 #22A82D

square

#225AA8 #A8229D #A87022 #22A82D

split-complementary

#225AA8 #A82D22 #9DA822

monochromatic

#0D2342 #183F75 #225AA8 #3276D5 #6598E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#225AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#225AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225AA8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225AA8	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3062AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F55A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.138 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7288c2',
    500: '#225aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225aa8;
$custom-light: #7288c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.925,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47459,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225AA8

secondary

#C59B61

accent

#A23FE9

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EDEFF8

border

#C8CAD1

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225AA8

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

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