#223E9A#223E9A

#223E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.154 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E9A
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 154)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(226, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 24.04, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 58.39, 294.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% -0.0096 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.154 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2130, 6.1175, 31.3135)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E9A #9A7E22

analogous

#227A9A #223E9A #42229A

triadic

#223E9A #9A223E #3E9A22

tetradic

#223E9A #9A227A #9A7E22 #229A42

square

#223E9A #9A227A #9A7E22 #229A42

split-complementary

#223E9A #9A4222 #7A9A22

monochromatic

#0C1636 #172A68 #223E9A #2D52CC #5B79DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#223E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#223E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E9A

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E9A	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.154 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7172b9',
    500: '#223e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e9a;
$custom-light: #7172b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40303,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E9A

secondary

#BFA758

accent

#C041E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E9A

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

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