#222C8B#222C8B

#222C8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.156 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 30.41, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 61.82, 299.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0029 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.156 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2190, 4.0049, 24.8664)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222C8B #8B8122

analogous

#22618B #222C8B #4D228B

triadic

#222C8B #8B222C #2C8B22

tetradic

#222C8B #8B2261 #8B8122 #228B4D

square

#222C8B #8B2261 #8B8122 #228B4D

split-complementary

#222C8B #8B4D22 #618B22

monochromatic

#0A0D29 #161C5A #222C8B #2E3CBC #535FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#222C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#222C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222C8B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222C8B	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.156 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e65ae',
    500: '#222c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222c8b;
$custom-light: #6e65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35445,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222C8B

secondary

#B8AF50

accent

#D544E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222C8B

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

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