#225B74#225B74

#225B74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.071 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B74
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 116)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, -9.80, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 21.92, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% -0.0456 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.071 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5519, 9.0824, 17.8747)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B74 #743B22

analogous

#227464 #225B74 #223274

triadic

#225B74 #74225B #5B7422

tetradic

#225B74 #642274 #743B22 #327422

square

#225B74 #642274 #743B22 #327422

split-complementary

#225B74 #742232 #746422

monochromatic

#071318 #143645 #225B74 #3080A3 #47A2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#225B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#225B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B74

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B74	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.071 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68899c',
    500: '#225b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b74;
$custom-light: #68899c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44533,
    "c": 0.07138,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B74

secondary

#A7674B

accent

#774ADE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B74

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

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