#225E8C#225E8C

#225E8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.097 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#225E8C
RGBrgb(34, 94, 140)
HSLhsl(206, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(206, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(38.27, -2.73, -30.97)
CIE-LCHlch(38.27, 31.09, 264.96°)
OKLaboklab(46.6% -0.0402 -0.0878)
OKLCHoklch(46.6% 0.097 245.4)
XYZxyz(9.3942, 10.2379, 26.2869)
Luminance0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#225E8C #8C5022
analogous
#228C85 #225E8C #22298C
triadic
#225E8C #8C225E #5E8C22
tetradic
#225E8C #85228C #8C5022 #298C22
square
#225E8C #85228C #8C5022 #298C22
split-complementary
#225E8C #8C2229 #8C8522
monochromatic
#0A1C2A #163D5B #225E8C #2E7FBD #539DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89
#225E8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05
#225E8C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E8C
6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##225E8C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##225E8C1.006.893.056.89
#FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#49608E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3A568B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00696E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #225e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.097 245.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8bae',
    500: '#225e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #225e8c;
$custom-light: #6c8bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#225e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46599,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#225E8C
secondary
#B97E51
accent
#8944E4
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECF0F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#080C10
muted
#7A7D7F

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#225E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva