#225D81#225D81

#225D81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.084 H 239.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D81
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 129)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 27.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, -6.25, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 26.40, 256.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% -0.0429 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.084 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5349, 9.7528, 22.1973)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D81 #814622

analogous

#228176 #225D81 #222E81

triadic

#225D81 #81225D #5D8122

tetradic

#225D81 #762281 #814622 #2E8122

square

#225D81 #762281 #814622 #2E8122

split-complementary

#225D81 #81222E #817622

monochromatic

#081720 #153A51 #225D81 #2F80B1 #4D9FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#225D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#225D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D81

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D81	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.084 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8aa5',
    500: '#225d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d81;
$custom-light: #6a8aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45729,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D81

secondary

#B3734B

accent

#8146E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D81

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

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