#225E73#225E73

#225E73 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.070 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E73
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 115)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -11.93, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 21.22, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% -0.0494 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.07 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7557, 9.5824, 17.6572)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E73 #733722

analogous

#227360 #225E73 #223673

triadic

#225E73 #73225E #5E7322

tetradic

#225E73 #602273 #733722 #367322

square

#225E73 #602273 #733722 #367322

split-complementary

#225E73 #732236 #736022

monochromatic

#071318 #143744 #225E73 #3085A2 #47A7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#225E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#225E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E73

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E73	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.070 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688b9b',
    500: '#225e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e73;
$custom-light: #688b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45269,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E73

secondary

#A6624B

accent

#704ADE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E73

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

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