#222B8D#222B8D

#222B8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.160 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B8D
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 31.81, -55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 63.66, 299.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0033 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.16 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3297, 3.9903, 25.6307)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B8D #8D8422

analogous

#22618D #222B8D #4F228D

triadic

#222B8D #8D222B #2B8D22

tetradic

#222B8D #8D2261 #8D8422 #228D4F

square

#222B8D #8D2261 #8D8422 #228D4F

split-complementary

#222B8D #8D4F22 #618D22

monochromatic

#0A0D2A #161C5C #222B8D #2E3ABE #545FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#222B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#222B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B8D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B8D	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.160 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64af',
    500: '#222b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b8d;
$custom-light: #6f64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.953,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35469,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B8D

secondary

#B9B151

accent

#D744E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B8D

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

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