#224A9B#224A9B

#224A9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A9B
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 155)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 52.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 16.27, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 50.91, 288.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% -0.0186 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.14 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0227, 7.6032, 31.9960)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A9B #9B7322

analogous

#22879B #224A9B #36229B

triadic

#224A9B #9B224A #4A9B22

tetradic

#224A9B #9B2287 #9B7322 #229B36

square

#224A9B #9B2287 #9B7322 #229B36

split-complementary

#224A9B #9B3622 #879B22

monochromatic

#0C1A37 #173269 #224A9B #2D62CD #5C86DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#224A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#224A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A9B

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A9B	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15549E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707bb9',
    500: '#224a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a9b;
$custom-light: #707bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.165,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42921,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A9B

secondary

#C09E59

accent

#B041E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A9B

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

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