#222E8B#222E8B

#222E8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.153 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#222E8B
RGB	rgb(34, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 29.09, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 60.46, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0016 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.153 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2953, 4.1575, 24.8918)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#222E8B #8B7F22

analogous

#22638B #222E8B #4B228B

triadic

#222E8B #8B222E #2E8B22

tetradic

#222E8B #8B2263 #8B7F22 #228B4B

square

#222E8B #8B2263 #8B7F22 #228B4B

split-complementary

#222E8B #8B4B22 #638B22

monochromatic

#0A0D29 #161E5A #222E8B #2E3EBC #5361D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#222E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#222E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #222E8B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##222E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##222E8B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #222e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.153 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ae',
    500: '#222e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #222e8b;
$custom-light: #6e66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#222e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35808,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#222E8B

secondary

#B8AD50

accent

#D244E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #222E8B

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

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