#225E7B#225E7B

#225E7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.077 H 233.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E7B
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 123)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, -9.07, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 23.72, 247.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.0462 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.077 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2361, 9.7746, 20.1877)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E7B #7B3F22

analogous

#227B6B #225E7B #22317B

triadic

#225E7B #7B225E #5E7B22

tetradic

#225E7B #6B227B #7B3F22 #317B22

square

#225E7B #6B227B #7B3F22 #317B22

split-complementary

#225E7B #7B2231 #7B6B22

monochromatic

#07151B #15394B #225E7B #2F83AB #4AA2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#225E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#225E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E7B

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E7B	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.077 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698ba1',
    500: '#225e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e7b;
$custom-light: #698ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.551,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45667,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E7B

secondary

#AE6B4B

accent

#7948E0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E7B

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

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