#225B82#225B82

#225B82 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.087 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B82
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 130)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 30%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, -4.64, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 27.58, 260.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0404 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.087 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4285, 9.4330, 22.4913)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B82 #824922

analogous

#228279 #225B82 #222B82

triadic

#225B82 #82225B #5B8222

tetradic

#225B82 #792282 #824922 #2B8222

square

#225B82 #792282 #824922 #2B8222

split-complementary

#225B82 #82222B #827922

monochromatic

#091721 #153951 #225B82 #2F7DB3 #4E9BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#225B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#225B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B82

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B82	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.087 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a89a6',
    500: '#225b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b82;
$custom-light: #6a89a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45278,
    "c": 0.08679,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B82

secondary

#B4764C

accent

#8546E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B82

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

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