#225E75#225E75

#225E75 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.071 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E75
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 117)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -11.23, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 21.76, 238.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% -0.0485 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.071 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8720, 9.6290, 18.2699)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E75 #753922

analogous

#227563 #225E75 #223475

triadic

#225E75 #75225E #5E7522

tetradic

#225E75 #632275 #753922 #347522

square

#225E75 #632275 #753922 #347522

split-complementary

#225E75 #752234 #756322

monochromatic

#071318 #143846 #225E75 #3084A4 #48A6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#225E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#225E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E75

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E75	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.071 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688b9c',
    500: '#225e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e75;
$custom-light: #688b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45366,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E75

secondary

#A8654B

accent

#7349DE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E75

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

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