#225D83#225D83

#225D83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.086 H 240.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D83
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 131)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 29%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, -5.50, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 27.28, 258.36°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% -0.0422 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.086 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6692, 9.8065, 22.9043)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D83 #834822

analogous

#228379 #225D83 #222D83

triadic

#225D83 #83225D #5D8322

tetradic

#225D83 #792283 #834822 #2D8322

square

#225D83 #792283 #834822 #2D8322

split-complementary

#225D83 #83222D #837922

monochromatic

#091822 #153B52 #225D83 #2F7FB4 #4E9ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#225D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#225D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D83

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D83	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.086 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa7',
    500: '#225d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d83;
$custom-light: #6b8aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.505,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45838,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D83

secondary

#B4754C

accent

#8346E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D83

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

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