#225B9A#225B9A

#225B9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.118 H 253.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B9A
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 154)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(212, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 4.58, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 39.91, 276.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% -0.0334 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.118 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2313, 10.1542, 31.9863)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B9A #9A6122

analogous

#22979A #225B9A #25229A

triadic

#225B9A #9A225B #5B9A22

tetradic

#225B9A #9A2297 #9A6122 #229A25

square

#225B9A #9A2297 #9A6122 #229A25

split-complementary

#225B9A #9A2522 #979A22

monochromatic

#0C2036 #173D68 #225B9A #2D79CC #5B98DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#225B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#225B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B9A

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B9A	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D609D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.118 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f88b8',
    500: '#225b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b9a;
$custom-light: #6f88b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46737,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B9A

secondary

#BF8E58

accent

#9841E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B9A

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

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