#224A8D#224A8D

#224A8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.120 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A8D
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 10.72, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 42.65, 284.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% -0.0207 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.12 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9144, 7.1599, 26.1590)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A8D #8D6522

analogous

#22808D #224A8D #30228D

triadic

#224A8D #8D224A #4A8D22

tetradic

#224A8D #8D2280 #8D6522 #228D30

square

#224A8D #8D2280 #8D6522 #228D30

split-complementary

#224A8D #8D3022 #808D22

monochromatic

#0A162A #16305C #224A8D #2E64BE #5484D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#224A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#224A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A8D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A8D	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.120 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7caf',
    500: '#224a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a8d;
$custom-light: #6d7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.57,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41864,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A8D

secondary

#B99351

accent

#A844E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A8D

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

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