#225C85#225C85

#225C85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.090 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C85
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 133)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, -4.13, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 28.58, 261.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0404 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.09 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7188, 9.6868, 23.5960)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C85 #854B22

analogous

#22857C #225C85 #222B85

triadic

#225C85 #85225C #5C8522

tetradic

#225C85 #7C2285 #854B22 #2B8522

square

#225C85 #7C2285 #854B22 #2B8522

split-complementary

#225C85 #85222B #857C22

monochromatic

#091924 #163A54 #225C85 #2E7EB6 #4F9CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#225C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#225C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C85

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C85	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.090 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa8',
    500: '#225c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c85;
$custom-light: #6b8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45698,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C85

secondary

#B6784D

accent

#8645E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C85

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

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