#222A9B#222A9B

#222A9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.179 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222A9B
RGB	rgb(34, 42, 155)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 72.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 37.52, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 72.31, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0021 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.179 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4020, 4.3618, 31.4558)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222A9B #9B9322

analogous

#22679B #222A9B #57229B

triadic

#222A9B #9B222A #2A9B22

tetradic

#222A9B #9B2267 #9B9322 #229B57

square

#222A9B #9B2267 #9B9322 #229B57

split-complementary

#222A9B #9B5722 #679B22

monochromatic

#0C0F37 #171C69 #222A9B #2D38CD #5C65DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#222A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#222A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222A9B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222A9B	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 42, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.179 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364ba',
    500: '#222a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222a9b;
$custom-light: #7364ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36759,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222A9B

secondary

#C0B959

accent

#DC41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #222A9B

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

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