#222A8B#222A8B

#222A8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.158 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222A8B
RGB	rgb(34, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 31.72, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 63.16, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0041 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.158 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1463, 3.8595, 24.8421)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222A8B #8B8322

analogous

#225F8B #222A8B #4F228B

triadic

#222A8B #8B222A #2A8B22

tetradic

#222A8B #8B225F #8B8322 #228B4F

square

#222A8B #8B225F #8B8322 #228B4F

split-complementary

#222A8B #8B4F22 #5F8B22

monochromatic

#0A0C29 #161B5A #222A8B #2E39BC #535CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#222A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#222A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222A8B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222A8B	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.158 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ae',
    500: '#222a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222a8b;
$custom-light: #6e64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35092,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222A8B

secondary

#B8B150

accent

#D844E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222A8B

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

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