#223C9E#223C9E

#223C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.162 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223C9E
RGB	rgb(34, 60, 158)
HSL	hsl(227, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(227, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 62%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 26.94, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 62.10, 295.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% -0.0082 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.162 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4449, 6.0395, 33.0618)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223C9E #9E8422

analogous

#227A9E #223C9E #46229E

triadic

#223C9E #9E223C #3C9E22

tetradic

#223C9E #9E227A #9E8422 #229E46

square

#223C9E #9E227A #9E8422 #229E46

split-complementary

#223C9E #9E4622 #7A9E22

monochromatic

#0C1639 #17296C #223C9E #2D4FD0 #5E79DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#223C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#223C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223C9E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223C9E	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 60, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.162 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7271bc',
    500: '#223c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223c9e;
$custom-light: #7271bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.419,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40263,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223C9E

secondary

#C1AC5B

accent

#C440E8

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #223C9E

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

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