#225D85#225D85

#225D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.089 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D85
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 133)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, -4.75, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 28.18, 260.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% -0.0415 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.089 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8060, 9.8612, 23.6251)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D85 #854A22

analogous

#22857B #225D85 #222C85

triadic

#225D85 #85225D #5D8522

tetradic

#225D85 #7B2285 #854A22 #2C8522

square

#225D85 #7B2285 #854A22 #2C8522

split-complementary

#225D85 #85222C #857B22

monochromatic

#091924 #163B54 #225D85 #2E7FB6 #4F9DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#225D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#225D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D85

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D85	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.089 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8aa8',
    500: '#225d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d85;
$custom-light: #6b8aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.242,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4595,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D85

secondary

#B6774D

accent

#8545E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D85

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

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