#222BA8#222BA8

#222BA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.194 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222BA8
RGB	rgb(34, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 41.48, -67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 78.86, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% -0.0002 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.194 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5890, 4.8940, 37.5302)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222BA8 #A89F22

analogous

#226EA8 #222BA8 #5C22A8

triadic

#222BA8 #A8222B #2BA822

tetradic

#222BA8 #A8226E #A89F22 #22A85C

square

#222BA8 #A8226E #A89F22 #22A85C

split-complementary

#222BA8 #A85C22 #6EA822

monochromatic

#0D1142 #181E75 #222BA8 #323DD5 #656DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#222BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#222BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222BA8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222BA8	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.194 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7666c3',
    500: '#222ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222ba8;
$custom-light: #7666c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.97,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38312,
    "c": 0.19428,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222BA8

secondary

#C5BE61

accent

#DE3FE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #222BA8

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

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