#225E9F#225E9F

#225E9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.121 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 159)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(211, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 4.60, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 40.98, 276.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.035 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.121 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9181, 10.8474, 34.3125)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E9F #9F6322

analogous

#229C9F #225E9F #24229F

triadic

#225E9F #9F225E #5E9F22

tetradic

#225E9F #9F229C #9F6322 #229F24

square

#225E9F #9F229C #9F6322 #229F24

split-complementary

#225E9F #9F2422 #9C9F22

monochromatic

#0C223A #17406D #225E9F #2D7CD1 #5F9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#225E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#225E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E9F

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E9F	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F63A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.121 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bbc',
    500: '#225e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e9f;
$custom-light: #708bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47772,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E9F

secondary

#C1905B

accent

#9740E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E9F

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

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