#225AAC#225AAC

#225AAC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.144 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225AAC
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 172)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(216, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 47.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 12.29, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 50.56, 284.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% -0.0289 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.144 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7595, 10.6296, 40.4537)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225AAC #AC7422

analogous

#229FAC #225AAC #2F22AC

triadic

#225AAC #AC225A #5AAC22

tetradic

#225AAC #AC229F #AC7422 #22AC2F

square

#225AAC #AC229F #AC7422 #22AC2F

split-complementary

#225AAC #AC2F22 #9FAC22

monochromatic

#0E2546 #183F79 #225AAC #3476D7 #6799E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#225AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#225AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225AAC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225AAC	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.144 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7388c5',
    500: '#225aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225aac;
$custom-light: #7388c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47746,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225AAC

secondary

#C79E63

accent

#A43EEA

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#090B13

muted

#7B7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #225AAC

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

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