#22499E#22499E

#22499E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.146 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22499E
RGB	rgb(34, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 53.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 18.13, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 53.33, 289.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0174 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.146 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2116, 7.5727, 33.3173)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22499E #9E7722

analogous

#22879E #22499E #39229E

triadic

#22499E #9E2249 #499E22

tetradic

#22499E #9E2287 #9E7722 #229E39

square

#22499E #9E2287 #9E7722 #229E39

split-complementary

#22499E #9E3922 #879E22

monochromatic

#0C1A39 #17326C #22499E #2D60D0 #5E86DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#22499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#22499E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #22499E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##22499E	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0854A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.146 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbb',
    500: '#22499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22499e;
$custom-light: #717bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.129,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42941,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22499E

secondary

#C1A15B

accent

#B340E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #22499E

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

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