#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
RGBrgb(34, 94, 139)
HSLhsl(206, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(206, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(38.21, -3.11, -30.45)
CIE-LCHlch(38.21, 30.61, 264.17°)
OKLaboklab(46.54% -0.0405 -0.0863)
OKLCHoklch(46.54% 0.095 244.8)
XYZxyz(9.3208, 10.2085, 25.9003)
Luminance0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##225E8B1.006.903.046.90
#FFFFFF6.901.0021.001.00
#0000003.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.901.0021.001.00

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

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#225E8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva