#224A9A#224A9A

#224A9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.139 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A9A
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 154)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 51.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 15.87, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 50.32, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% -0.0187 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.139 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9391, 7.5697, 31.5556)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A9A #9A7222

analogous

#22869A #224A9A #36229A

triadic

#224A9A #9A224A #4A9A22

tetradic

#224A9A #9A2286 #9A7222 #229A36

square

#224A9A #9A2286 #9A7222 #229A36

split-complementary

#224A9A #9A3622 #869A22

monochromatic

#0C1A36 #173268 #224A9A #2D62CC #5B86DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#224A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#224A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A9A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A9A	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17549D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.139 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707bb8',
    500: '#224a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a9a;
$custom-light: #707bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42843,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A9A

secondary

#BF9D58

accent

#B041E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A9A

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

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