#225C86#225C86

#225C86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.091 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C86
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 134)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, -3.75, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 29.05, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% -0.0401 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.091 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7883, 9.7146, 23.9616)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C86 #864C22

analogous

#22867E #225C86 #222A86

triadic

#225C86 #86225C #5C8622

tetradic

#225C86 #7E2286 #864C22 #2A8622

square

#225C86 #7E2286 #864C22 #2A8622

split-complementary

#225C86 #86222A #867E22

monochromatic

#091924 #163A55 #225C86 #2E7EB7 #509CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#225C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#225C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C86

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C86	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.091 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa9',
    500: '#225c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c86;
$custom-light: #6b8aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45755,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C86

secondary

#B67A4E

accent

#8745E3

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C86

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

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