#225BA8#225BA8

#225BA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.137 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225BA8
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 168)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(214, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 45.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 10.07, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 47.69, 282.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% -0.0304 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.137 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4660, 10.6480, 38.4892)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225BA8 #A86F22

analogous

#229EA8 #225BA8 #2C22A8

triadic

#225BA8 #A8225B #5BA822

tetradic

#225BA8 #A8229E #A86F22 #22A82C

square

#225BA8 #A8229E #A86F22 #22A82C

split-complementary

#225BA8 #A82C22 #9EA822

monochromatic

#0D2442 #183F75 #225BA8 #3277D5 #6599E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#225BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#225BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225BA8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225BA8	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3262AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1356A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.137 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7288c2',
    500: '#225ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225ba8;
$custom-light: #7288c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.478,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47686,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225BA8

secondary

#C59A61

accent

#A13FE9

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EDEFF8

border

#C8CAD1

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225BA8

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

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