#225F9F#225F9F

#225F9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.120 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225F9F
RGB	rgb(34, 95, 159)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(211, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 3.96, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 40.43, 275.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% -0.0359 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.12 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0076, 11.0264, 34.3423)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225F9F #9F6222

analogous

#229D9F #225F9F #23229F

triadic

#225F9F #9F225F #5F9F22

tetradic

#225F9F #9F229D #9F6222 #229F23

square

#225F9F #9F229D #9F6222 #229F23

split-complementary

#225F9F #9F2322 #9D9F22

monochromatic

#0C233A #17416D #225F9F #2D7DD1 #5F9CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#225F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#225F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225F9F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225F9F	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4064A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C589E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.120 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bbc',
    500: '#225f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225f9f;
$custom-light: #708bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.72,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48008,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225F9F

secondary

#C1905B

accent

#9640E8

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225F9F

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

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