#223E9E#223E9E

#223E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.159 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#223E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 62, 158)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(226, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 25.59, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 60.75, 294.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0095 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.159 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5517, 6.2530, 33.0974)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#223E9E #9E8222

analogous

#227C9E #223E9E #44229E

triadic

#223E9E #9E223E #3E9E22

tetradic

#223E9E #9E227C #9E8222 #229E44

square

#223E9E #9E227C #9E8222 #229E44

split-complementary

#223E9E #9E4422 #7C9E22

monochromatic

#0C1639 #172A6C #223E9E #2D52D0 #5E7BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#223E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#223E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #223E9E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##223E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##223E9E	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #223e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 62, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.159 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7272bb',
    500: '#223e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #223e9e;
$custom-light: #7272bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#223e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40658,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#223E9E

secondary

#C1AA5B

accent

#C240E8

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #223E9E

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

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