Information about #225B5D color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #225B5D reads as a confidently colored water-like cyan and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Dark Arctic Blue (#275359). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Green Blue (#1F6357) and Eden (#266255).
The recipe behind #225B5D is rgb(34, 91, 93), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #225B5D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.7:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#225B5D color variations
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#225B5D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#225B5D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#225B5D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#225B5D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#225B5D color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #225B5D color
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Nearest named colors to #225B5D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#275359
#1F6357
#266255
#275953
#256761
#1B5256
#2F5A57
#1F4F54
#26604F
#305563
#2E5060
#1B6767
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#225B5D
- RGB34, 91, 93
- CMYK23, 1, 0, 64
- CSSrgb(34, 91, 93)
- HSL182°, 46%, 25%
- HSL Precise182.034°, 46.457%, 24.902%
- HSV182°, 63%, 36%
- HSB182°, 63%, 36%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.133
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.365
- GLSLvec3(0.133, 0.357, 0.365)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.133, 0.357, 0.365, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.133, 0.357, 0.365)
- Percentage of Red in RGB13.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB36.5%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID225B5D
- DECIMAL ID2251613
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
