#225B7C#225B7C

#225B7C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.080 H 237.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B7C
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 124)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(202, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, -6.88, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 24.93, 253.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% -0.0425 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.08 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0374, 9.2766, 20.4318)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B7C #7C4322

analogous

#227C70 #225B7C #222E7C

triadic

#225B7C #7C225B #5B7C22

tetradic

#225B7C #70227C #7C4322 #2E7C22

square

#225B7C #70227C #7C4322 #2E7C22

split-complementary

#225B7C #7C222E #7C7022

monochromatic

#08151C #15384C #225B7C #2F7EAC #4B9ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#225B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#225B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B7C

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B7C	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.080 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989a2',
    500: '#225b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b7c;
$custom-light: #6989a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44948,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B7C

secondary

#AF704B

accent

#8048E0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B7C

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

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