#224AA0#224AA0

#224AA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.147 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA0
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 160)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 18.24, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 53.85, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.018 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.147 263)
XYZ	xyz(9.4514, 7.7746, 34.2534)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA0 #A07822

analogous

#2289A0 #224AA0 #3922A0

triadic

#224AA0 #A0224A #4AA022

tetradic

#224AA0 #A02289 #A07822 #22A039

square

#224AA0 #A02289 #A07822 #22A039

split-complementary

#224AA0 #A03922 #89A022

monochromatic

#0D1B3B #17336E #224AA0 #2D61D2 #5F87DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#224AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#224AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA0

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA0	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0855A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.147 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbd',
    500: '#224aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa0;
$custom-light: #717bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.952,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43316,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.07776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA0

secondary

#C2A25C

accent

#B340E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA0

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

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