#224696#224696

#224696 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.138 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224696
RGB	rgb(34, 70, 150)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 17.01, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 50.60, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% -0.0159 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.138 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3529, 6.9215, 29.7440)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224696 #967222

analogous

#228096 #224696 #382296

triadic

#224696 #962246 #469622

tetradic

#224696 #962280 #967222 #229638

square

#224696 #962280 #967222 #229638

split-complementary

#224696 #963822 #809622

monochromatic

#0B1732 #172F64 #224696 #2D5DC8 #5981D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#224696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#224696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224696

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224696	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E5099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 70, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.138 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f78b5',
    500: '#224696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224696;
$custom-light: #6f78b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41652,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224696

secondary

#BE9D56

accent

#B342E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224696

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

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