#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
RGBrgb(34, 74, 160)
HSLhsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(221, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(33.51, 18.24, -50.66)
CIE-LCHlch(33.51, 53.85, 289.80°)
OKLaboklab(43.32% -0.018 -0.146)
OKLCHoklch(43.32% 0.147 263)
XYZxyz(9.4514, 7.7746, 34.2534)
Luminance0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##224AA01.008.222.568.22
#FFFFFF8.221.0021.001.00
#0000002.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.221.0021.001.00

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

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#224AA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva