#225B8A#225B8A

#225B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.097 H 247.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B8A
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 138)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, -1.61, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 31.45, 267.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0378 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.097 247)
XYZ	xyz(8.9865, 9.6562, 25.4300)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B8A #8A5122

analogous

#228A85 #225B8A #22278A

triadic

#225B8A #8A225B #5B8A22

tetradic

#225B8A #85228A #8A5122 #278A22

square

#225B8A #85228A #8A5122 #278A22

split-complementary

#225B8A #8A2227 #8A8522

monochromatic

#0A1A28 #163B59 #225B8A #2E7BBB #5299D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#225B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#225B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B8A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B8A	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.097 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89ac',
    500: '#225b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b8a;
$custom-light: #6c89ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.115,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45739,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.09657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B8A

secondary

#B87F50

accent

#8C44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B8A

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

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