#225BA5#225BA5

#225BA5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.133 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225BA5
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 165)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(214, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 44.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.79, 8.89, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.79, 46.01, 281.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% -0.031 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.133 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1898, 10.5375, 37.0342)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225BA5 #A56C22

analogous

#229DA5 #225BA5 #2B22A5

triadic

#225BA5 #A5225B #5BA522

tetradic

#225BA5 #A5229D #A56C22 #22A52B

square

#225BA5 #A5229D #A56C22 #22A52B

split-complementary

#225BA5 #A52B22 #9DA522

monochromatic

#0D2340 #183F72 #225BA5 #3077D4 #6399DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#225BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#225BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225BA5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225BA5	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3562A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A56A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.133 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7288c0',
    500: '#225ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225ba5;
$custom-light: #7288c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.893,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47477,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225BA5

secondary

#C4985F

accent

#9F3FE9

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF7

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225BA5

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

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