#225E8F#225E8F

#225E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.100 H 247.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#225E8F
RGBrgb(34, 94, 143)
HSLhsl(207, 62%, 35%)
HSVhsv(207, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(38.42, -1.59, -32.54)
CIE-LCHlch(38.42, 32.58, 267.21°)
OKLaboklab(46.78% -0.0393 -0.0924)
OKLCHoklch(46.78% 0.1 247)
XYZxyz(9.6184, 10.3276, 27.4678)
Luminance0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#225E8F #8F5322
analogous
#228F89 #225E8F #22288F
triadic
#225E8F #8F225E #5E8F22
tetradic
#225E8F #89228F #8F5322 #288F22
square
#225E8F #89228F #8F5322 #288F22
split-complementary
#225E8F #8F2228 #8F8922
monochromatic
#0A1D2C #163D5E #225E8F #2E7FC0 #559CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85
#225E8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07
#225E8F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E8F
6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##225E8F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##225E8F1.006.853.076.85
#FFFFFF6.851.0021.001.00
#0000003.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#486091
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#38568E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006A70
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #225e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.100 247.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bb0',
    500: '#225e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #225e8f;
$custom-light: #6d8bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#225e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46776,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.10329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#225E8F
secondary
#BA8152
accent
#8C43E5
background
#F7F8FA
surface
#EDF0F4
border
#C8CBCE
text
#080B10
muted
#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

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#225E8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva