#222AA9#222AA9

#222AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.197 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222AA9
RGB	rgb(34, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(236, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 42.41, -67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 80.01, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.197 270)
XYZ	xyz(8.6466, 4.8596, 38.0107)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222AA9 #A9A122

analogous

#226EA9 #222AA9 #5D22A9

triadic

#222AA9 #A9222A #2AA922

tetradic

#222AA9 #A9226E #A9A122 #22A95D

square

#222AA9 #A9226E #A9A122 #22A95D

split-complementary

#222AA9 #A95D22 #6EA922

monochromatic

#0D1143 #181D76 #222AA9 #323CD6 #656DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#222AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#222AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222AA9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222AA9	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.197 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c4',
    500: '#222aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222aa9;
$custom-light: #7665c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38274,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.04861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222AA9

secondary

#C5C061

accent

#DF3EE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #222AA9

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

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