#225E8A#225E8A

#225E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.094 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, -3.49, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 30.13, 263.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% -0.0409 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.094 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2481, 10.1794, 25.5172)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E8A #8A4E22

analogous

#228A82 #225E8A #222A8A

triadic

#225E8A #8A225E #5E8A22

tetradic

#225E8A #82228A #8A4E22 #2A8A22

square

#225E8A #82228A #8A4E22 #2A8A22

split-complementary

#225E8A #8A222A #8A8222

monochromatic

#0A1B28 #163D59 #225E8A #2E7FBB #529DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#225E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#225E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E8A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E8A	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.094 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8bac',
    500: '#225e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e8a;
$custom-light: #6c8bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46484,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E8A

secondary

#B87C50

accent

#8844E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E8A

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

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