#225B8F#225B8F

#225B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.103 H 249.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B8F
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 143)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 0.31, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 34.02, 270.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% -0.0363 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.103 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3568, 9.8044, 27.3806)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B8F #8F5622

analogous

#228F8D #225B8F #22248F

triadic

#225B8F #8F225B #5B8F22

tetradic

#225B8F #8D228F #8F5622 #248F22

square

#225B8F #8D228F #8F5622 #248F22

split-complementary

#225B8F #8F2224 #8F8D22

monochromatic

#0A1C2C #163C5E #225B8F #2E7AC0 #5599D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#225B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#225B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B8F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B8F	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33548E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.103 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89b0',
    500: '#225b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b8f;
$custom-light: #6d89b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.624,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46041,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B8F

secondary

#BA8452

accent

#9043E5

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF5

border

#C8CACF

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B8F

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

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