#224A9E#224A9E

#224A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.144 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A9E
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 17.45, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 52.67, 289.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% -0.0182 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.144 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2778, 7.7052, 33.3394)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A9E #9E7622

analogous

#22889E #224A9E #38229E

triadic

#224A9E #9E224A #4A9E22

tetradic

#224A9E #9E2288 #9E7622 #229E38

square

#224A9E #9E2288 #9E7622 #229E38

split-complementary

#224A9E #9E3822 #889E22

monochromatic

#0C1B39 #17326C #224A9E #2D62D0 #5E87DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#224A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#224A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A9E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A9E	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E54A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.144 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbb',
    500: '#224a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a9e;
$custom-light: #717bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43157,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A9E

secondary

#C1A05B

accent

#B240E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A9E

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

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