#225C8E#225C8E

#225C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.101 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 142)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, -0.71, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 33.01, 268.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% -0.0376 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.101 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3675, 9.9463, 27.0121)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C8E #8E5422

analogous

#228E8A #225C8E #22268E

triadic

#225C8E #8E225C #5C8E22

tetradic

#225C8E #8A228E #8E5422 #268E22

square

#225C8E #8A228E #8E5422 #268E22

split-complementary

#225C8E #8E2226 #8E8A22

monochromatic

#0A1C2B #163C5D #225C8E #2E7CBF #549AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#225C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#225C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C8E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C8E	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36548D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.101 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89af',
    500: '#225c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c8e;
$custom-light: #6d89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46225,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C8E

secondary

#BA8252

accent

#8E43E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C8E

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

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