#225B8E#225B8E

#225B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.102 H 249.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B8E
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 142)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, -0.07, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 33.50, 269.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% -0.0366 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.102 249)
XYZ	xyz(9.2814, 9.7742, 26.9834)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B8E #8E5522

analogous

#228E8B #225B8E #22258E

triadic

#225B8E #8E225B #5B8E22

tetradic

#225B8E #8B228E #8E5522 #258E22

square

#225B8E #8B228E #8E5522 #258E22

split-complementary

#225B8E #8E2225 #8E8B22

monochromatic

#0A1C2B #163B5D #225B8E #2E7BBF #5499D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#225B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#225B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B8E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B8E	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34548D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.102 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89af',
    500: '#225b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b8e;
$custom-light: #6d89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4598,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.09775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B8E

secondary

#BA8352

accent

#8F43E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B8E

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

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