#225D9E#225D9E

#225D9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.121 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D9E
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 158)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(211, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 41.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 4.85, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 40.99, 276.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% -0.0343 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.121 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7433, 10.6361, 33.8279)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D9E #9E6322

analogous

#229B9E #225D9E #25229E

triadic

#225D9E #9E225D #5D9E22

tetradic

#225D9E #9E229B #9E6322 #229E25

square

#225D9E #9E229B #9E6322 #229E25

split-complementary

#225D9E #9E2522 #9B9E22

monochromatic

#0C2239 #173F6C #225D9E #2D7BD0 #5E9ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#225D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#225D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D9E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D9E	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E62A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.121 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708abb',
    500: '#225d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d9e;
$custom-light: #708abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47471,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D9E

secondary

#C1905B

accent

#9840E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D9E

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

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