#222C8E#222C8E

#222C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.160 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 31.53, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 63.58, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0026 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.16 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4412, 4.0938, 26.0367)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222C8E #8E8422

analogous

#22628E #222C8E #4E228E

triadic

#222C8E #8E222C #2C8E22

tetradic

#222C8E #8E2262 #8E8422 #228E4E

square

#222C8E #8E2262 #8E8422 #228E4E

split-complementary

#222C8E #8E4E22 #628E22

monochromatic

#0A0D2B #161D5D #222C8E #2E3BBF #5460D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#222C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#222C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222C8E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222C8E	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.160 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f65b0',
    500: '#222c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222c8e;
$custom-light: #6f65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35746,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222C8E

secondary

#BAB052

accent

#D643E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #222C8E

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

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