#224A9D#224A9D

#224A9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A9D
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 157)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 17.06, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 52.08, 289.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% -0.0183 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.143 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1921, 7.6709, 32.8879)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A9D #9D7522

analogous

#22879D #224A9D #38229D

triadic

#224A9D #9D224A #4A9D22

tetradic

#224A9D #9D2287 #9D7522 #229D38

square

#224A9D #9D2287 #9D7522 #229D38

split-complementary

#224A9D #9D3822 #879D22

monochromatic

#0C1B38 #17326B #224A9D #2D62CF #5D87DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#224A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#224A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A9D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A9D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1154A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707bbb',
    500: '#224a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a9d;
$custom-light: #707bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.488,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43078,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A9D

secondary

#C19F5A

accent

#B140E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A9D

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

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