#224A8A#224A8A

#224A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.116 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A8A
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 9.53, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 40.89, 283.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% -0.0212 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.116 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6942, 7.0718, 24.9993)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A8A #8A6222

analogous

#227E8A #224A8A #2E228A

triadic

#224A8A #8A224A #4A8A22

tetradic

#224A8A #8A227E #8A6222 #228A2E

square

#224A8A #8A227E #8A6222 #228A2E

split-complementary

#224A8A #8A2E22 #7E8A22

monochromatic

#0A1528 #163059 #224A8A #2E64BB #5284D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#224A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#224A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A8A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A8A	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29508C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.116 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cac',
    500: '#224a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a8a;
$custom-light: #6c7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41647,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A8A

secondary

#B89050

accent

#A644E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A8A

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

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