#223E8E#223E8E

#223E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.137 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E8E
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 142)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(224, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 56.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 19.33, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 51.22, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% -0.0102 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.137 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2631, 5.7375, 26.3106)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E8E #8E7222

analogous

#22748E #223E8E #3C228E

triadic

#223E8E #8E223E #3E8E22

tetradic

#223E8E #8E2274 #8E7222 #228E3C

square

#223E8E #8E2274 #8E7222 #228E3C

split-complementary

#223E8E #8E3C22 #748E22

monochromatic

#0A132B #16285D #223E8E #2E54BF #5476D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#223E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#223E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E8E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E8E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.137 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e72b0',
    500: '#223e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e8e;
$custom-light: #6e72b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39274,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E8E

secondary

#BA9F52

accent

#BB43E4

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF5

border

#C8C7CF

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E8E

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

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