#225F8B#225F8B

#225F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.094 H 243.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225F8B
RGB	rgb(34, 95, 139)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(205, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, -3.73, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 30.18, 262.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% -0.0416 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.094 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4103, 10.3875, 25.9301)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225F8B #8B4E22

analogous

#228B83 #225F8B #222B8B

triadic

#225F8B #8B225F #5F8B22

tetradic

#225F8B #83228B #8B4E22 #2B8B22

square

#225F8B #83228B #8B4E22 #2B8B22

split-complementary

#225F8B #8B222B #8B8322

monochromatic

#0A1C29 #163D5A #225F8B #2E81BC #539ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#225F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#225F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225F8B

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225F8B	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.094 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8cad',
    500: '#225f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225f8b;
$custom-light: #6c8cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4679,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225F8B

secondary

#B87C50

accent

#8744E4

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225F8B

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

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