#224A80#224A80

#224A80 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.101 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A80
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 128)
HSL	hsl(214, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 5.58, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 35.04, 279.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% -0.0233 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.101 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0033, 6.7954, 21.3604)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A80 #805822

analogous

#227980 #224A80 #292280

triadic

#224A80 #80224A #4A8022

tetradic

#224A80 #802279 #805822 #228029

square

#224A80 #802279 #805822 #228029

split-complementary

#224A80 #802922 #798022

monochromatic

#08121F #152E50 #224A80 #2F66B0 #4D84D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#224A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#224A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A80

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A80	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)

#314E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22467F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.101 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7ca5',
    500: '#224a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a80;
$custom-light: #6a7ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40952,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A80

secondary

#B2874B

accent

#9F47E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A80

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

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