#2242B4#2242B4

#2242B4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.184 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2242B4
RGB	rgb(34, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 31.36, -63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 70.79, 296.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% -0.0119 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.184 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8432, 7.5305, 44.0532)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2242B4 #B49422

analogous

#228BB4 #2242B4 #4B22B4

triadic

#2242B4 #B42242 #42B422

tetradic

#2242B4 #B4228B #B49422 #22B44B

square

#2242B4 #B4228B #B49422 #22B44B

split-complementary

#2242B4 #B44B22 #8BB422

monochromatic

#0F1C4D #182F81 #2242B4 #3A5DDA #6D87E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#2242B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#2242B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2242B4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2242B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2242B4	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2242b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.184 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7776cb',
    500: '#2242b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2242b4;
$custom-light: #7776cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2242b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43431,
    "c": 0.18408,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2242B4

secondary

#CAB468

accent

#C53DEB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0A0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2242B4

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

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