#225F8D#225F8D

#225F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.097 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225F8D
RGB	rgb(34, 95, 141)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, -2.97, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 31.14, 264.52°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% -0.0409 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.097 245)
XYZ	xyz(9.5578, 10.4465, 26.7068)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225F8D #8D5022

analogous

#228D86 #225F8D #222A8D

triadic

#225F8D #8D225F #5F8D22

tetradic

#225F8D #86228D #8D5022 #2A8D22

square

#225F8D #86228D #8D5022 #2A8D22

split-complementary

#225F8D #8D222A #8D8622

monochromatic

#0A1D2A #163E5C #225F8D #2E80BE #549ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#225F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#225F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225F8D

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225F8D	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A608F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.097 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8cae',
    500: '#225f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225f8d;
$custom-light: #6d8cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.794,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46905,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.10448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225F8D

secondary

#B97E51

accent

#8944E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225F8D

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

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