#223C8E#223C8E

#223C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.140 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(226, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(226, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 20.71, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 52.59, 293.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0086 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.14 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1563, 5.5240, 26.2750)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223C8E #8E7422

analogous

#22728E #223C8E #3E228E

triadic

#223C8E #8E223C #3C8E22

tetradic

#223C8E #8E2272 #8E7422 #228E3E

square

#223C8E #8E2272 #8E7422 #228E3E

split-complementary

#223C8E #8E3E22 #728E22

monochromatic

#0A122B #16275D #223C8E #2E51BF #5474D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#223C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#223C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223C8E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223C8E	1.00	9.98	2.11	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.140 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e71b0',
    500: '#223c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223c8e;
$custom-light: #6e71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38851,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223C8E

secondary

#BAA152

accent

#BE43E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF5

border

#C8C7CF

text

#080710

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223C8E

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

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