#225B8B#225B8B

#225B8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.098 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B8B
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 139)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(207, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, -1.22, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 31.96, 267.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% -0.0375 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.098 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0592, 9.6853, 25.8131)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B8B #8B5222

analogous

#228B87 #225B8B #22268B

triadic

#225B8B #8B225B #5B8B22

tetradic

#225B8B #87228B #8B5222 #268B22

square

#225B8B #87228B #8B5222 #268B22

split-complementary

#225B8B #8B2226 #8B8722

monochromatic

#0A1B29 #163B5A #225B8B #2E7BBC #5399D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#225B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#225B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B8B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B8B	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.098 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89ad',
    500: '#225b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b8b;
$custom-light: #6c89ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45799,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B8B

secondary

#B88050

accent

#8D44E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B8B

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

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