#223E87#223E87

#223E87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.127 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E87
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 135)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(223, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 16.56, -43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 46.99, 290.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% -0.0108 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.127 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7539, 5.5339, 23.6292)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E87 #876B22

analogous

#227087 #223E87 #382287

triadic

#223E87 #87223E #3E8722

tetradic

#223E87 #872270 #876B22 #228738

square

#223E87 #872270 #876B22 #228738

split-complementary

#223E87 #873822 #708722

monochromatic

#091125 #162856 #223E87 #2E54B8 #5075D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#223E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#223E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E87

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E87	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B478A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.127 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c72aa',
    500: '#223e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e87;
$custom-light: #6c72aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.366,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.387,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E87

secondary

#B79A4E

accent

#B745E3

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF4

border

#C7C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E87

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

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