#225CA8#225CA8

#225CA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.136 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225CA8
RGB	rgb(34, 92, 168)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(214, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 45.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, 9.41, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 47.10, 281.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% -0.0313 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.136 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5521, 10.8202, 38.5178)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225CA8 #A86E22

analogous

#229FA8 #225CA8 #2B22A8

triadic

#225CA8 #A8225C #5CA822

tetradic

#225CA8 #A8229F #A86E22 #22A82B

square

#225CA8 #A8229F #A86E22 #22A82B

split-complementary

#225CA8 #A82B22 #9FA822

monochromatic

#0D2442 #184075 #225CA8 #3279D5 #659AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#225CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#225CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225CA8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225CA8	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1757A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 92, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.136 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7289c2',
    500: '#225ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225ca8;
$custom-light: #7289c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.03,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47914,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225CA8

secondary

#C59A61

accent

#9F3FE9

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EDF0F8

border

#C8CBD1

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225CA8

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

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