#224A99#224A99

#224A99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A99
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 153)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 51.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 15.48, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 49.73, 288.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% -0.0188 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.137 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8562, 7.5365, 31.1188)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A99 #997122

analogous

#228699 #224A99 #362299

triadic

#224A99 #99224A #4A9922

tetradic

#224A99 #992286 #997122 #229936

square

#224A99 #992286 #997122 #229936

split-complementary

#224A99 #993622 #869922

monochromatic

#0C1A35 #173267 #224A99 #2D62CB #5B86DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#224A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#224A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A99

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A99	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18539C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7bb8',
    500: '#224a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a99;
$custom-light: #6f7bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.832,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42765,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A99

secondary

#BF9C58

accent

#AF41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A99

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

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