#225C79#225C79

#225C79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.076 H 233.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C79
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 121)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 24%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, -8.59, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 23.46, 248.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0447 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.076 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9367, 9.3740, 19.4765)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C79 #793F22

analogous

#22796A #225C79 #223079

triadic

#225C79 #79225C #5C7922

tetradic

#225C79 #6A2279 #793F22 #307922

square

#225C79 #6A2279 #793F22 #307922

split-complementary

#225C79 #792230 #796A22

monochromatic

#071319 #153849 #225C79 #2F80A9 #49A0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#225C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#225C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C79

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C79	1.00	7.30	2.87	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.076 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9f',
    500: '#225c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c79;
$custom-light: #698a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45048,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C79

secondary

#AC6B4B

accent

#7B48DF

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C79

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

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