#224A9F#224A9F

#224A9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.146 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 159)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 17.85, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 53.26, 289.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0181 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.146 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3642, 7.7398, 33.7946)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224A9F #9F7722

analogous

#22889F #224A9F #38229F

triadic

#224A9F #9F224A #4A9F22

tetradic

#224A9F #9F2288 #9F7722 #229F38

square

#224A9F #9F2288 #9F7722 #229F38

split-complementary

#224A9F #9F3822 #889F22

monochromatic

#0C1B3A #17336D #224A9F #2D61D1 #5F87DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#224A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#224A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224A9F

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224A9F	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B55A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.146 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbc',
    500: '#224a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224a9f;
$custom-light: #717bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43236,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224A9F

secondary

#C1A15B

accent

#B240E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224A9F

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

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