#222A8E#222A8E

#222A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.162 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222A8E
RGB	rgb(34, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 32.82, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 64.91, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0038 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.162 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3685, 3.9483, 26.0124)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222A8E #8E8622

analogous

#22608E #222A8E #50228E

triadic

#222A8E #8E222A #2A8E22

tetradic

#222A8E #8E2260 #8E8622 #228E50

square

#222A8E #8E2260 #8E8622 #228E50

split-complementary

#222A8E #8E5022 #608E22

monochromatic

#0A0D2B #161B5D #222A8E #2E39BF #545ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#222A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#222A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222A8E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222A8E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.162 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64b0',
    500: '#222a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222a8e;
$custom-light: #6f64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35398,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222A8E

secondary

#BAB252

accent

#D943E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #222A8E

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

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