#223E9D#223E9D

#223E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.158 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E9D
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(226, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 25.20, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 60.16, 294.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% -0.0095 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.158 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4660, 6.2187, 32.6459)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E9D #9D8122

analogous

#227C9D #223E9D #43229D

triadic

#223E9D #9D223E #3E9D22

tetradic

#223E9D #9D227C #9D8122 #229D43

square

#223E9D #9D227C #9D8122 #229D43

split-complementary

#223E9D #9D4322 #7C9D22

monochromatic

#0C1638 #172A6B #223E9D #2D52CF #5D7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#223E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#223E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E9D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E9D	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.158 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7172bb',
    500: '#223e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e9d;
$custom-light: #7172bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.341,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40568,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E9D

secondary

#C1A95A

accent

#C140E7

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E9D

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

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