#222AA8#222AA8

#222AA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.195 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 42.07, -67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 79.47, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0002 -0.1953)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.195 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5531, 4.8222, 37.5182)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222AA8 #A8A022

analogous

#226DA8 #222AA8 #5D22A8

triadic

#222AA8 #A8222A #2AA822

tetradic

#222AA8 #A8226D #A8A022 #22A85D

square

#222AA8 #A8226D #A8A022 #22A85D

split-complementary

#222AA8 #A85D22 #6DA822

monochromatic

#0D1142 #181D75 #222AA8 #323CD5 #656CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#222AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#222AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222AA8

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222AA8	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.195 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c3',
    500: '#222aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222aa8;
$custom-light: #7665c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.418,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38164,
    "c": 0.19527,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222AA8

secondary

#C5BF61

accent

#DF3FE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #222AA8

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

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