#223BAE#223BAE

#223BAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.184 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223BAE
RGB	rgb(34, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 33.67, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 72.01, 297.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% -0.008 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.184 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8610, 6.5229, 40.7755)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223BAE #AE9522

analogous

#2281AE #223BAE #4F22AE

triadic

#223BAE #AE223B #3BAE22

tetradic

#223BAE #AE2281 #AE9522 #22AE4F

square

#223BAE #AE2281 #AE9522 #22AE4F

split-complementary

#223BAE #AE4F22 #81AE22

monochromatic

#0E1848 #182A7B #223BAE #3653D8 #697EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#223BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#223BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223BAE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223BAE	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.184 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7671c7',
    500: '#223bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223bae;
$custom-light: #7671c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41578,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223BAE

secondary

#C7B664

accent

#CB3EEA

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEECF8

border

#C9C7D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #223BAE

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

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