#2242A8#2242A8

#2242A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.168 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2242A8
RGB	rgb(34, 66, 168)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(226, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 26.77, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 63.89, 294.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% -0.0119 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.168 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6733, 7.0625, 37.8916)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2242A8 #A88822

analogous

#2285A8 #2242A8 #4522A8

triadic

#2242A8 #A82242 #42A822

tetradic

#2242A8 #A82285 #A88822 #22A845

square

#2242A8 #A82285 #A88822 #22A845

split-complementary

#2242A8 #A84522 #85A822

monochromatic

#0D1A42 #182E75 #2242A8 #3259D5 #6582E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#2242A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#2242A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2242A8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2242A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2242A8	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2242a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 66, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.168 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7476c3',
    500: '#2242a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2242a8;
$custom-light: #7476c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2242a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.672,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42341,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2242A8

secondary

#C5AD61

accent

#C03FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2242A8

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

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