#225BA9#225BA9

#225BA9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.139 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225BA9
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 169)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(215, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 46.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 10.46, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 48.26, 282.52°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.0302 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.139 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5596, 10.6854, 38.9817)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225BA9 #A97022

analogous

#229EA9 #225BA9 #2D22A9

triadic

#225BA9 #A9225B #5BA922

tetradic

#225BA9 #A9229E #A97022 #22A92D

square

#225BA9 #A9229E #A97022 #22A92D

split-complementary

#225BA9 #A92D22 #9EA922

monochromatic

#0D2443 #184076 #225BA9 #3277D6 #6599E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#225BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#225BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225BA9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225BA9	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3163AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1156A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.139 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7388c3',
    500: '#225ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225ba9;
$custom-light: #7388c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47757,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225BA9

secondary

#C59B61

accent

#A13EE9

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF8

border

#C9CAD1

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225BA9

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

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