#225F8E#225F8E

#225F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.098 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225F8E
RGB	rgb(34, 95, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(206, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.68, -2.59, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.68, 31.63, 265.30°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% -0.0406 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.098 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6325, 10.4764, 27.1004)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225F8E #8E5122

analogous

#228E87 #225F8E #22298E

triadic

#225F8E #8E225F #5F8E22

tetradic

#225F8E #87228E #8E5122 #298E22

square

#225F8E #87228E #8E5122 #298E22

split-complementary

#225F8E #8E2229 #8E8722

monochromatic

#0A1D2B #163E5D #225F8E #2E80BF #549ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#225F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#225F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225F8E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225F8E	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A578D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.098 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8caf',
    500: '#225f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225f8e;
$custom-light: #6d8caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46963,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225F8E

secondary

#BA7F52

accent

#8943E4

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #225F8E

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

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