#225BE3#225BE3

#225BE3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.215 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225BE3
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(222, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(222, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 32.87, -73.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 80.79, 294.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% -0.0244 -0.2136)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.215 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2609, 13.3660, 74.2756)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225BE3 #E3AA22

analogous

#22BBE3 #225BE3 #4922E3

triadic

#225BE3 #E3225B #5BE322

tetradic

#225BE3 #E322BB #E3AA22 #22E349

square

#225BE3 #E322BB #E3AA22 #22E349

split-complementary

#225BE3 #E34922 #BBE322

monochromatic

#102F7B #1644B1 #225BE3 #5883EA #8FACF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#225BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#225BE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225BE3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225BE3	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.215 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8188ed',
    500: '#225be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225be3;
$custom-light: #8188ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.28,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52336,
    "c": 0.21503,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225BE3

secondary

#DBC286

accent

#BB34F4

background

#F8F8FE

surface

#F0EFFD

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7D7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #225BE3

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

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