#222BA5#222BA5

#222BA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.191 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222BA5
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 40.44, -65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 77.23, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0003 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.191 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3128, 4.7835, 36.0752)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222BA5 #A59C22

analogous

#226DA5 #222BA5 #5B22A5

triadic

#222BA5 #A5222B #2BA522

tetradic

#222BA5 #A5226D #A59C22 #22A55B

square

#222BA5 #A5226D #A59C22 #22A55B

split-complementary

#222BA5 #A55B22 #6DA522

monochromatic

#0D1140 #181E72 #222BA5 #303BD4 #636BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#222BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#222BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222BA5

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222BA5	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.191 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7565c1',
    500: '#222ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222ba5;
$custom-light: #7565c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.878,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37987,
    "c": 0.19055,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222BA5

secondary

#C4BD5F

accent

#DD3FE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #222BA5

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

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