#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
RGBrgb(34, 95, 139)
HSLhsl(205, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(205, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(38.53, -3.73, -29.95)
CIE-LCHlch(38.53, 30.18, 262.90°)
OKLaboklab(46.79% -0.0416 -0.0848)
OKLCHoklch(46.79% 0.094 243.9)
XYZxyz(9.4103, 10.3875, 25.9301)
Luminance0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##225F8B1.006.823.086.82
#FFFFFF6.821.0021.001.00
#0000003.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.821.0021.001.00

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

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#225F8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva