#225D9C#225D9C

#225D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.119 H 252.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D9C
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 156)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(211, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 40.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 4.07, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 39.90, 275.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% -0.0348 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.119 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5725, 10.5678, 32.9286)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D9C #9C6122

analogous

#229A9C #225D9C #24229C

triadic

#225D9C #9C225D #5D9C22

tetradic

#225D9C #9C229A #9C6122 #229C24

square

#225D9C #9C229A #9C6122 #229C24

split-complementary

#225D9C #9C2422 #9A9C22

monochromatic

#0C2138 #173F6A #225D9C #2D7BCE #5D9ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#225D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#225D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D9C

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D9C	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F629F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B569B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.119 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708ab9',
    500: '#225d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d9c;
$custom-light: #708ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.984,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47341,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D9C

secondary

#C08F5A

accent

#9741E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D9C

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

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