#225D8E#225D8E

#225D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.100 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 142)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(207, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, -1.34, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 32.54, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.47% -0.0386 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(46.47% 0.1 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4547, 10.1207, 27.0411)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D8E #8E5322

analogous

#228E89 #225D8E #22278E

triadic

#225D8E #8E225D #5D8E22

tetradic

#225D8E #89228E #8E5322 #278E22

square

#225D8E #89228E #8E5322 #278E22

split-complementary

#225D8E #8E2227 #8E8922

monochromatic

#0A1C2B #163D5D #225D8E #2E7DBF #549BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#225D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#225D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D8E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D8E	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37558D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.100 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8aaf',
    500: '#225d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d8e;
$custom-light: #6d8aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4647,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D8E

secondary

#BA8152

accent

#8C43E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D8E

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

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