#225D8A#225D8A

#225D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.095 H 245.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D8A
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, -2.86, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 30.55, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% -0.0398 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.095 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1597, 10.0027, 25.4878)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D8A #8A4F22

analogous

#228A83 #225D8A #22298A

triadic

#225D8A #8A225D #5D8A22

tetradic

#225D8A #83228A #8A4F22 #298A22

square

#225D8A #83228A #8A4F22 #298A22

split-complementary

#225D8A #8A2229 #8A8322

monochromatic

#0A1B28 #163C59 #225D8A #2E7EBB #529CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#225D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#225D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D8A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D8A	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.095 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8aac',
    500: '#225d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d8a;
$custom-light: #6c8aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46235,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D8A

secondary

#B87D50

accent

#8944E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D8A

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

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