#224A8F#224A8F

#224A8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.123 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A8F
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 143)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 11.51, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 43.83, 285.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.0203 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.123 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0646, 7.2199, 26.9498)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A8F #8F6722

analogous

#22808F #224A8F #31228F

triadic

#224A8F #8F224A #4A8F22

tetradic

#224A8F #8F2280 #8F6722 #228F31

square

#224A8F #8F2280 #8F6722 #228F31

split-complementary

#224A8F #8F3122 #808F22

monochromatic

#0A172C #16305E #224A8F #2E64C0 #5584D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#224A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#224A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A8F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A8F	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07478E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.123 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cb0',
    500: '#224a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a8f;
$custom-light: #6d7cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.982,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4201,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A8F

secondary

#BA9452

accent

#A943E5

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A8F

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

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