#225F9D#225F9D

#225F9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.118 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#225F9D
RGBrgb(34, 95, 157)
HSLhsl(210, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(210, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(78.3%, 39.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(39.51, 3.18, -39.23)
CIE-LCHlch(39.51, 39.36, 274.63°)
OKLaboklab(47.88% -0.0364 -0.1119)
OKLCHoklch(47.88% 0.118 252)
XYZxyz(10.8354, 10.9575, 33.4357)
Luminance0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#225F9D #9D6022
analogous
#229C9D #225F9D #23229D
triadic
#225F9D #9D225F #5F9D22
tetradic
#225F9D #9D229C #9D6022 #229D23
square
#225F9D #9D229C #9D6022 #229D23
split-complementary
#225F9D #9D2322 #9C9D22
monochromatic
#0C2238 #17416B #225F9D #2D7DCF #5D9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58
#225F9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19
#225F9D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225F9D
6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##225F9D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##225F9D1.006.583.196.58
#FFFFFF6.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4263A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2E589C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006E76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #225f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.118 252.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708cba',
    500: '#225f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #225f9d;
$custom-light: #708cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#225f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.244,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4788,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.10959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#225F9D
secondary
#C18E5A
accent
#9540E7
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDF0F6
border
#C8CBD0
text
#090C11
muted
#7B7D80

Preview Lab

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#225F9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva