#225D9F#225D9F

#225D9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.123 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 93, 159)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 5.24, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 41.53, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% -0.0341 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.123 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8297, 10.6707, 34.2831)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225D9F #9F6422

analogous

#229B9F #225D9F #25229F

triadic

#225D9F #9F225D #5D9F22

tetradic

#225D9F #9F229B #9F6422 #229F25

square

#225D9F #9F229B #9F6422 #229F25

split-complementary

#225D9F #9F2522 #9B9F22

monochromatic

#0C223A #17406D #225D9F #2D7AD1 #5F9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#225D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#225D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225D9F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225D9F	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D62A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 93, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.123 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708abc',
    500: '#225d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225d9f;
$custom-light: #708abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.68,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47537,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225D9F

secondary

#C1915B

accent

#9940E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225D9F

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

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