#222C81#222C81

#222C81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.142 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222C81
RGB	rgb(34, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 26.65, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 55.87, 298.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0036 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.142 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5215, 3.7259, 21.1928)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222C81 #817722

analogous

#225C81 #222C81 #482281

triadic

#222C81 #81222C #2C8122

tetradic

#222C81 #81225C #817722 #228148

square

#222C81 #81225C #817722 #228148

split-complementary

#222C81 #814822 #5C8122

monochromatic

#080B20 #151B51 #222C81 #2F3DB1 #4D5BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#222C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#222C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222C81

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222C81	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.142 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a6',
    500: '#222c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222c81;
$custom-light: #6c65a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34465,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222C81

secondary

#B3A84B

accent

#D146E1

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222C81

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

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