#222B99#222B99

#222B99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.175 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B99
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(235, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 36.18, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 70.55, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0019 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.175 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2714, 4.3669, 30.5905)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B99 #999022

analogous

#226799 #222B99 #552299

triadic

#222B99 #99222B #2B9922

tetradic

#222B99 #992267 #999022 #229955

square

#222B99 #992267 #999022 #229955

split-complementary

#222B99 #995522 #679922

monochromatic

#0C0F35 #171D67 #222B99 #2D39CB #5B65DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#222B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#222B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B99

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B99	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)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.175 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7265b8',
    500: '#222b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b99;
$custom-light: #7265b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.462,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36709,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B99

secondary

#BFB758

accent

#DA41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B99

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

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