#225E7A#225E7A

#225E7A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.076 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E7A
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 122)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 23%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, -9.43, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 23.36, 246.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% -0.0465 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.076 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1738, 9.7497, 19.8597)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E7A #7A3E22

analogous

#227A6A #225E7A #22327A

triadic

#225E7A #7A225E #5E7A22

tetradic

#225E7A #6A227A #7A3E22 #327A22

square

#225E7A #6A227A #7A3E22 #327A22

split-complementary

#225E7A #7A2232 #7A6A22

monochromatic

#07141A #15394A #225E7A #2F83AA #4AA3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#225E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#225E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E7A

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E7A	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.076 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698ba0',
    500: '#225e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e7a;
$custom-light: #698ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45616,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E7A

secondary

#AD6A4B

accent

#7848E0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E7A

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

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