#225E83#225E83

#225E83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.086 H 239.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E83
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 131)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 28.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, -6.12, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 26.92, 256.86°)
OKLab	oklab(46.09% -0.0432 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(46.09% 0.086 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7575, 9.9832, 22.9337)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E83 #834722

analogous

#228378 #225E83 #222D83

triadic

#225E83 #83225E #5E8322

tetradic

#225E83 #782283 #834722 #2D8322

square

#225E83 #782283 #834722 #2D8322

split-complementary

#225E83 #83222D #837822

monochromatic

#091822 #153B52 #225E83 #2F81B4 #4E9FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#225E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#225E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E83

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E83	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.086 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8ba7',
    500: '#225e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e83;
$custom-light: #6b8ba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46092,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E83

secondary

#B4744C

accent

#8146E2

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E83

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

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