#222B9A#222B9A

#222B9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.177 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B9A
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 36.54, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 71.11, 300.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0018 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.177 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3543, 4.4001, 31.0273)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B9A #9A9122

analogous

#22679A #222B9A #55229A

triadic

#222B9A #9A222B #2B9A22

tetradic

#222B9A #9A2267 #9A9122 #229A55

square

#222B9A #9A2267 #9A9122 #229A55

split-complementary

#222B9A #9A5522 #679A22

monochromatic

#0C0F36 #171D68 #222B9A #2D39CC #5B65DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#222B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#222B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B9A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B9A	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.177 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7265b9',
    500: '#222b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b9a;
$custom-light: #7265b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36814,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B9A

secondary

#BFB858

accent

#DA41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B9A

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

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