#222B8A#222B8A

#222B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.156 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B8A
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 30.70, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 61.91, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0036 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.156 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1095, 3.9022, 24.4710)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B8A #8A8122

analogous

#225F8A #222B8A #4D228A

triadic

#222B8A #8A222B #2B8A22

tetradic

#222B8A #8A225F #8A8122 #228A4D

square

#222B8A #8A225F #8A8122 #228A4D

split-complementary

#222B8A #8A4D22 #5F8A22

monochromatic

#0A0C28 #161C59 #222B8A #2E3ABB #525DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#222B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#222B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B8A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B8A	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.156 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ad',
    500: '#222b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b8a;
$custom-light: #6e64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.808,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35166,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B8A

secondary

#B8AF50

accent

#D644E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B8A

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

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