#225B9E#225B9E

#225B9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.124 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B9E
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 158)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 42.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 6.15, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 42.11, 278.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47% -0.0325 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.124 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5700, 10.2896, 33.7701)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B9E #9E6522

analogous

#22999E #225B9E #27229E

triadic

#225B9E #9E225B #5B9E22

tetradic

#225B9E #9E2299 #9E6522 #229E27

square

#225B9E #9E2299 #9E6522 #229E27

split-complementary

#225B9E #9E2722 #999E22

monochromatic

#0C2139 #173E6C #225B9E #2D78D0 #5E98DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#225B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#225B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B9E

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B9E	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A60A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24559D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.124 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7088bb',
    500: '#225b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b9e;
$custom-light: #7088bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.419,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47001,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B9E

secondary

#C1925B

accent

#9B40E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B9E

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

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