#224596#224596

#224596 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.139 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224596
RGB	rgb(34, 69, 150)
HSL	hsl(222, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(222, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 54%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 17.69, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 51.27, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% -0.0151 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.139 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2909, 6.7974, 29.7233)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224596 #967322

analogous

#227F96 #224596 #392296

triadic

#224596 #962245 #459622

tetradic

#224596 #96227F #967322 #229639

square

#224596 #96227F #967322 #229639

split-complementary

#224596 #963922 #7F9622

monochromatic

#0B1732 #172E64 #224596 #2D5CC8 #5980D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#224596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#224596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224596

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224596	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 69, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.139 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f78b5',
    500: '#224596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224596;
$custom-light: #6f78b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.897,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41435,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224596

secondary

#BE9E56

accent

#B442E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080811

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224596

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

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