#223E8A#223E8A

#223E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.131 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(224, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 17.75, -45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 48.81, 291.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% -0.0105 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.131 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9681, 5.6196, 24.7573)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E8A #8A6E22

analogous

#22728A #223E8A #3A228A

triadic

#223E8A #8A223E #3E8A22

tetradic

#223E8A #8A2272 #8A6E22 #228A3A

square

#223E8A #8A2272 #8A6E22 #228A3A

split-complementary

#223E8A #8A3A22 #728A22

monochromatic

#0A1228 #162859 #223E8A #2E54BB #5275D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#223E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#223E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E8A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E8A	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04488D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.131 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d72ad',
    500: '#223e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e8a;
$custom-light: #6d72ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38943,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E8A

secondary

#B89C50

accent

#B944E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF4

border

#C8C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E8A

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

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