#225C8F#225C8F

#225C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.102 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 143)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 35.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, -0.32, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 33.52, 269.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.29% -0.0373 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(46.29% 0.102 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4429, 9.9765, 27.4093)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225C8F #8F5522

analogous

#228F8B #225C8F #22268F

triadic

#225C8F #8F225C #5C8F22

tetradic

#225C8F #8B228F #8F5522 #268F22

square

#225C8F #8B228F #8F5522 #268F22

split-complementary

#225C8F #8F2226 #8F8B22

monochromatic

#0A1C2C #163C5E #225C8F #2E7CC0 #559AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#225C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#225C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225C8F

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225C8F	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35548E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.102 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89b0',
    500: '#225c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225c8f;
$custom-light: #6d89b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.073,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46285,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225C8F

secondary

#BA8352

accent

#8F43E5

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F5

border

#C8CBCF

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225C8F

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

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