#225B96#225B96

#225B96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.113 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#225B96
RGBrgb(34, 91, 150)
HSLhsl(211, 63%, 36%)
HSVhsv(211, 77%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(77.3%, 39.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(37.88, 3.02, -37.61)
CIE-LCHlch(37.88, 37.74, 274.60°)
OKLaboklab(46.48% -0.0344 -0.1073)
OKLCHoklch(46.48% 0.113 252.2)
XYZxyz(9.9037, 10.0231, 30.2609)
Luminance0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#225B96 #965D22
analogous
#229596 #225B96 #232296
triadic
#225B96 #96225B #5B9622
tetradic
#225B96 #962295 #965D22 #229623
square
#225B96 #962295 #965D22 #229623
split-complementary
#225B96 #962322 #959622
monochromatic
#0B1E32 #173D64 #225B96 #2D79C8 #5998D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99
#225B96 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00
#225B96 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B96
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##225B96#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##225B961.006.993.006.99
#FFFFFF6.991.0021.001.00
#0000003.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3F5F98
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2D5495
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006971
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #225b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.113 252.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e89b5',
    500: '#225b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #225b96;
$custom-light: #6e89b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#225b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.517,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46479,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#225B96
secondary
#BE8B56
accent
#9542E6
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDEFF6
border
#C8CAD0
text
#080B11
muted
#7B7C80

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#225B96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva