#225ec3

Color #225ec3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#225ec3

RGB

rgb(34, 94, 195)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 70.3%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 82.6%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(41.66, 18.67, -58.13)

LCH

lch(41.66, 61.05, 287.81)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.17, 260.32)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 13.3%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c38722

Analogous

#22afc3

#225ec3

#3622c3

Triadic

#225ec3

#c3225e

#5ec322

Split-complementary

#225ec3

#c33622

#afc322

Tetradic

#225ec3

#8722c3

#c38722

#5ec322

Square

#225ec3

#c322af

#c38722

#22c336

Shades

Color #225ec3 mixed toward black.

#1c4ea2

#173f82

#112f61

#0b1f41

#061020

Tints

Color #225ec3 mixed toward white.

#3875dc

#5f91e3

#87acea

#afc8f1

#d7e3f8

Tones

Color #225ec3 mixed toward gray.

#2f62b6

#3d65a8

#4a689b

#586c8d

#656f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4444b1 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#403cad · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#28a19e · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #225ec3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#225ec3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#225ec3 (#225ec3) is rgb(34, 94, 195) in RGB.

No, #225ec3 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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