#225E81#225E81

#225E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.083 H 238.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E81
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 129)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(202, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, -6.86, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 26.07, 254.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% -0.0439 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.083 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6233, 9.9295, 22.2267)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E81 #814522

analogous

#228175 #225E81 #222F81

triadic

#225E81 #81225E #5E8122

tetradic

#225E81 #752281 #814522 #2F8122

square

#225E81 #752281 #814522 #2F8122

split-complementary

#225E81 #81222F #817522

monochromatic

#081720 #153B51 #225E81 #2F81B1 #4DA0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#225E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#225E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E81

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E81	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.083 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8ba5',
    500: '#225e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e81;
$custom-light: #6a8ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45983,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E81

secondary

#B3724B

accent

#7F46E1

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E81

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

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