#225B85#225B85

#225B85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.090 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B85
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 133)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, -3.51, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 28.99, 263.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% -0.0394 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.09 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6328, 9.5147, 23.5673)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B85 #854C22

analogous

#22857E #225B85 #222985

triadic

#225B85 #85225B #5B8522

tetradic

#225B85 #7E2285 #854C22 #298522

square

#225B85 #7E2285 #854C22 #298522

split-complementary

#225B85 #852229 #857E22

monochromatic

#091824 #163A54 #225B85 #2E7CB6 #4F9BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#225B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#225B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B85

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B85	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.090 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b89a8',
    500: '#225b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b85;
$custom-light: #6b89a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45448,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B85

secondary

#B67A4D

accent

#8845E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B85

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

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