#222C8A#222C8A

#222C8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.154 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222C8A
RGB	rgb(34, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 30.04, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 61.23, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.003 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.154 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1463, 3.9758, 24.4833)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222C8A #8A8022

analogous

#22608A #222C8A #4C228A

triadic

#222C8A #8A222C #2C8A22

tetradic

#222C8A #8A2260 #8A8022 #228A4C

square

#222C8A #8A2260 #8A8022 #228A4C

split-complementary

#222C8A #8A4C22 #608A22

monochromatic

#0A0D28 #161C59 #222C8A #2E3CBB #525FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#222C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#222C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222C8A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222C8A	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.154 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65ad',
    500: '#222c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222c8a;
$custom-light: #6e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35345,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222C8A

secondary

#B8AE50

accent

#D444E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222C8A

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

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