#222B9B#222B9B

#222B9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.178 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B9B
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 36.90, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 71.67, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0016 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.178 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4379, 4.4336, 31.4678)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B9B #9B9222

analogous

#22689B #222B9B #56229B

triadic

#222B9B #9B222B #2B9B22

tetradic

#222B9B #9B2268 #9B9222 #229B56

square

#222B9B #9B2268 #9B9222 #229B56

split-complementary

#222B9B #9B5622 #689B22

monochromatic

#0C0F37 #171D69 #222B9B #2D39CD #5C66DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#222B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#222B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B9B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B9B	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.178 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7265ba',
    500: '#222b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b9b;
$custom-light: #7265ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.537,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36919,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B9B

secondary

#C0B859

accent

#DB41E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B9B

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

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