#225AAE#225AAE

#225AAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.147 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225AAE
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(216, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 13.08, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 51.69, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% -0.0286 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.147 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9530, 10.7070, 41.4729)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225AAE #AE7622

analogous

#22A0AE #225AAE #3022AE

triadic

#225AAE #AE225A #5AAE22

tetradic

#225AAE #AE22A0 #AE7622 #22AE30

square

#225AAE #AE22A0 #AE7622 #22AE30

split-complementary

#225AAE #AE3022 #A0AE22

monochromatic

#0E2548 #18407B #225AAE #3676D8 #6999E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#225AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#225AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225AAE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225AAE	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A63B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.147 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7488c7',
    500: '#225aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225aae;
$custom-light: #7488c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47891,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225AAE

secondary

#C7A064

accent

#A53EEA

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #225AAE

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

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