#225E9C#225E9C

#225E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.117 H 252.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 156)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(210, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 39.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 3.43, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 39.36, 275.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% -0.0357 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.117 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6609, 10.7445, 32.9581)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E9C #9C6022

analogous

#229B9C #225E9C #23229C

triadic

#225E9C #9C225E #5E9C22

tetradic

#225E9C #9C229B #9C6022 #229C23

square

#225E9C #9C229B #9C6022 #229C23

split-complementary

#225E9C #9C2322 #9B9C22

monochromatic

#0C2138 #17406A #225E9C #2D7CCE #5D9BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#225E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#225E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E9C

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E9C	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41629E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.117 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bb9',
    500: '#225e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e9c;
$custom-light: #708bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.492,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47578,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E9C

secondary

#C08E5A

accent

#9541E7

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E9C

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

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