#225B7B#225B7B

#225B7B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.079 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B7B
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 123)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 26%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, -7.25, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 24.52, 252.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0429 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.079 237)
XYZ	xyz(7.9745, 9.2514, 20.1005)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B7B #7B4222

analogous

#227B6E #225B7B #222E7B

triadic

#225B7B #7B225B #5B7B22

tetradic

#225B7B #6E227B #7B4222 #2E7B22

square

#225B7B #6E227B #7B4222 #2E7B22

split-complementary

#225B7B #7B222E #7B6E22

monochromatic

#07141B #15384B #225B7B #2F7EAB #4A9ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#225B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#225B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B7B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B7B	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40527A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.079 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989a1',
    500: '#225b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b7b;
$custom-light: #6989a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44895,
    "c": 0.07864,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.09252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B7B

secondary

#AE6F4B

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B7B

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

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