#225C81#225C81

#225C81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.085 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C81
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 129)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, -5.63, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 26.75, 257.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.0418 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.085 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4477, 9.5784, 22.1682)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C81 #814722

analogous

#228177 #225C81 #222D81

triadic

#225C81 #81225C #5C8122

tetradic

#225C81 #772281 #814722 #2D8122

square

#225C81 #772281 #814722 #2D8122

split-complementary

#225C81 #81222D #817722

monochromatic

#081720 #153951 #225C81 #2F7FB1 #4D9DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#225C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#225C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C81

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C81	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.085 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8aa5',
    500: '#225c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c81;
$custom-light: #6a8aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45475,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C81

secondary

#B3744B

accent

#8346E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C81

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

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