#225B81#225B81

#225B81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.086 H 241.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B81
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 129)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 29.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -5.02, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 27.12, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% -0.0407 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.086 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3617, 9.4063, 22.1395)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B81 #814822

analogous

#228178 #225B81 #222C81

triadic

#225B81 #81225B #5B8122

tetradic

#225B81 #782281 #814822 #2C8122

square

#225B81 #782281 #814822 #2C8122

split-complementary

#225B81 #81222C #817822

monochromatic

#081720 #153951 #225B81 #2F7DB1 #4D9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#225B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#225B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B81

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B81	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.086 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a89a5',
    500: '#225b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b81;
$custom-light: #6a89a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45222,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B81

secondary

#B3754B

accent

#8446E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B81

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

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