#223E96#223E96

#223E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.148 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E96
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 150)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 58.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 22.47, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 56.01, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% -0.0097 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.148 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8854, 5.9865, 29.5882)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E96 #967A22

analogous

#227896 #223E96 #402296

triadic

#223E96 #96223E #3E9622

tetradic

#223E96 #962278 #967A22 #229640

square

#223E96 #962278 #967A22 #229640

split-complementary

#223E96 #964022 #789622

monochromatic

#0B1532 #172964 #223E96 #2D53C8 #5978D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#223E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#223E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E96

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E96	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.148 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f72b6',
    500: '#223e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e96;
$custom-light: #6f72b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39954,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E96

secondary

#BEA556

accent

#BE42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E96

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

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