#223C85#223C85

#223C85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.127 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223C85
RGB	rgb(34, 60, 133)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(224, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 54.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 17.15, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 47.14, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% -0.0093 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.127 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5077, 5.2646, 22.8589)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223C85 #856B22

analogous

#226E85 #223C85 #392285

triadic

#223C85 #85223C #3C8522

tetradic

#223C85 #85226E #856B22 #228539

square

#223C85 #85226E #856B22 #228539

split-complementary

#223C85 #853922 #6E8522

monochromatic

#091024 #162654 #223C85 #2E52B6 #4F72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#223C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#223C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223C85

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223C85	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 60, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.127 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b71a9',
    500: '#223c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223c85;
$custom-light: #6b71a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.242,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.381,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223C85

secondary

#B69A4D

accent

#B945E2

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223C85

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

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