#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
RGBrgb(34, 91, 124)
HSLhsl(202, 57%, 31%)
HSVhsv(202, 73%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(72.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(36.51, -6.88, -23.96)
CIE-LCHlch(36.51, 24.93, 253.98°)
OKLaboklab(44.95% -0.0425 -0.0675)
OKLCHoklch(44.95% 0.08 237.8)
XYZxyz(8.0374, 9.2766, 20.4318)
Luminance0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##225B7C1.007.352.867.35
#FFFFFF7.351.0021.001.00
#0000002.8621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.351.0021.001.00

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

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#225B7C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva