#225B86#225B86

#225B86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.092 H 244.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B86
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 134)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, -3.13, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 29.47, 263.90°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% -0.0391 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.092 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7022, 9.5425, 23.9329)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B86 #864D22

analogous

#22867F #225B86 #222986

triadic

#225B86 #86225B #5B8622

tetradic

#225B86 #7F2286 #864D22 #298622

square

#225B86 #7F2286 #864D22 #298622

split-complementary

#225B86 #862229 #867F22

monochromatic

#091924 #163A55 #225B86 #2E7CB7 #509AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#225B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#225B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B86

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B86	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.092 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b89a9',
    500: '#225b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b86;
$custom-light: #6b89a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45505,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B86

secondary

#B67B4E

accent

#8945E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B86

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

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