#225e59

Color #225e59

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 10.08 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#225e59

RGB

rgb(34, 94, 89)

HSL

hsl(175, 46.9%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175, 63.8%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 5.3%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(36.11, -20.52, -2.9)

LCH

lch(36.11, 20.72, 188.04)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.0619, 187.61)

HWB

hwb(175, 13.3%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e2227

Analogous

#225e3b

#225e59

#22455e

Triadic

#225e59

#59225e

#5e5922

Split-complementary

#225e59

#5e2245

#5e3b22

Tetradic

#225e59

#22275e

#5e2227

#5e5922

Square

#225e59

#3b225e

#5e2227

#455e22

Shades

Color #225e59 mixed toward black.

#1c4e4a

#173f3b

#112f2d

#0b1f1e

#06100f

Tints

Color #225e59 mixed toward white.

#338d85

#44bbb1

#73ccc5

#a1ddd8

#d0eeec

Tones

Color #225e59 mixed toward gray.

#275955

#2c5451

#314f4d

#364a48

#3b4544

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44445a · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#403c5b · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#285b5b · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 18.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #225e59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#225e59]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#225e59 (#225e59) is rgb(34, 94, 89) in RGB.

No, #225e59 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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