#223C98#223C98

#223C98 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.154 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223C98
RGB	rgb(34, 60, 152)
HSL	hsl(227, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(227, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 24.62, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 58.57, 294.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% -0.0082 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.154 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9411, 5.8379, 30.4080)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223C98 #987E22

analogous

#227798 #223C98 #432298

triadic

#223C98 #98223C #3C9822

tetradic

#223C98 #982277 #987E22 #229843

square

#223C98 #982277 #987E22 #229843

split-complementary

#223C98 #984322 #779822

monochromatic

#0C1534 #172866 #223C98 #2D50CA #5A76DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#223C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#223C98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223C98

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223C98	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 60, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.154 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7071b7',
    500: '#223c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223c98;
$custom-light: #7071b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.78,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39723,
    "c": 0.15373,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223C98

secondary

#BEA857

accent

#C241E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #223C98

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

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