#225B79#225B79

#225B79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.076 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B79
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 121)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, -7.98, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 23.72, 250.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% -0.0436 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.076 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8506, 9.2019, 19.4478)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B79 #794022

analogous

#22796B #225B79 #222F79

triadic

#225B79 #79225B #5B7922

tetradic

#225B79 #6B2279 #794022 #2F7922

square

#225B79 #6B2279 #794022 #2F7922

split-complementary

#225B79 #79222F #796B22

monochromatic

#071319 #153749 #225B79 #2F7FA9 #499FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#225B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#225B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B79

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B79	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.076 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989a0',
    500: '#225b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b79;
$custom-light: #6989a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44789,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B79

secondary

#AC6C4B

accent

#7C48DF

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B79

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

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