#224A85#224A85

#224A85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.109 H 258.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A85
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 133)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 44.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 7.55, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 37.95, 281.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% -0.0222 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.109 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3406, 6.9303, 23.1366)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A85 #855D22

analogous

#227B85 #224A85 #2C2285

triadic

#224A85 #85224A #4A8522

tetradic

#224A85 #85227B #855D22 #22852C

square

#224A85 #85227B #855D22 #22852C

split-complementary

#224A85 #852C22 #7B8522

monochromatic

#091424 #162F54 #224A85 #2E65B6 #4F84D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#224A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#224A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A85

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A85	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.109 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7ca9',
    500: '#224a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a85;
$custom-light: #6b7ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.758,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41294,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A85

secondary

#B68B4D

accent

#A345E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A85

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

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