#222B9E#222B9E

#222B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.182 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222B9E
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 37.97, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 73.35, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0012 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.182 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6930, 4.5356, 32.8111)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222B9E #9E9522

analogous

#22699E #222B9E #57229E

triadic

#222B9E #9E222B #2B9E22

tetradic

#222B9E #9E2269 #9E9522 #229E57

square

#222B9E #9E2269 #9E9522 #229E57

split-complementary

#222B9E #9E5722 #699E22

monochromatic

#0C1039 #171D6C #222B9E #2D39D0 #5E67DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#222B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#222B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222B9E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222B9E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.182 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365bc',
    500: '#222b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222b9e;
$custom-light: #7365bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37237,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222B9E

secondary

#C1BA5B

accent

#DB40E8

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #222B9E

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

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