#225E8B#225E8B

#225E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.095 H 244.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E8B
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 139)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, -3.11, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 30.61, 264.17°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% -0.0405 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.095 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3208, 10.2085, 25.9003)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E8B #8B4F22

analogous

#228B84 #225E8B #222A8B

triadic

#225E8B #8B225E #5E8B22

tetradic

#225E8B #84228B #8B4F22 #2A8B22

square

#225E8B #84228B #8B4F22 #2A8B22

split-complementary

#225E8B #8B222A #8B8422

monochromatic

#0A1B29 #163D5A #225E8B #2E7FBC #539DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#225E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#225E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E8B

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E8B	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.095 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8bad',
    500: '#225e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e8b;
$custom-light: #6c8bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46541,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E8B

secondary

#B87D50

accent

#8844E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E8B

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

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