#225FA8#225FA8

#225FA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.132 H 255.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225FA8
RGB	rgb(34, 95, 168)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(213, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 7.46, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 45.34, 279.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% -0.0338 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.132 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8171, 11.3502, 38.6062)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225FA8 #A86B22

analogous

#22A2A8 #225FA8 #2822A8

triadic

#225FA8 #A8225F #5FA822

tetradic

#225FA8 #A822A2 #A86B22 #22A828

square

#225FA8 #A822A2 #A86B22 #22A828

split-complementary

#225FA8 #A82822 #A2A822

monochromatic

#0D2542 #184275 #225FA8 #327CD5 #659DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#225FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#225FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225FA8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225FA8	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A65AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2159A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 95, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.132 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728bc2',
    500: '#225fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225fa8;
$custom-light: #728bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.687,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48603,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225FA8

secondary

#C59761

accent

#9C3FE9

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EDF0F8

border

#C8CBD1

text

#090C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #225FA8

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

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