#225B83#225B83

#225B83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.088 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B83
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 131)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 30.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, -4.26, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 28.04, 261.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.33% -0.0401 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(45.33% 0.088 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4959, 9.4600, 22.8465)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B83 #834A22

analogous

#22837A #225B83 #222B83

triadic

#225B83 #83225B #5B8322

tetradic

#225B83 #7A2283 #834A22 #2B8322

square

#225B83 #7A2283 #834A22 #2B8322

split-complementary

#225B83 #83222B #837A22

monochromatic

#091722 #153952 #225B83 #2F7DB4 #4E9BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#225B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#225B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B83

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B83	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.088 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b89a7',
    500: '#225b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b83;
$custom-light: #6b89a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45334,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B83

secondary

#B4774C

accent

#8646E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B83

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

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