#223E8D#223E8D

#223E8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.136 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 141)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(224, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 56%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 18.94, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 50.62, 291.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% -0.0103 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.136 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1883, 5.7076, 25.9170)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E8D #8D7122

analogous

#22748D #223E8D #3C228D

triadic

#223E8D #8D223E #3E8D22

tetradic

#223E8D #8D2274 #8D7122 #228D3C

square

#223E8D #8D2274 #8D7122 #228D3C

split-complementary

#223E8D #8D3C22 #748D22

monochromatic

#0A132A #16285C #223E8D #2E54BE #5476D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#223E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#223E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E8D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E8D	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.136 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d72af',
    500: '#223e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e8d;
$custom-light: #6d72af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.299,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39191,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E8D

secondary

#B99E51

accent

#BA44E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF4

border

#C8C7CE

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E8D

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

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