#224AA1#224AA1

#224AA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.148 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA1
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 161)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 54%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 18.64, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 54.43, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0179 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.148 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5392, 7.8097, 34.7160)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA1 #A17922

analogous

#2289A1 #224AA1 #3922A1

triadic

#224AA1 #A1224A #4AA122

tetradic

#224AA1 #A12289 #A17922 #22A139

square

#224AA1 #A12289 #A17922 #22A139

split-complementary

#224AA1 #A13922 #89A122

monochromatic

#0D1C3C #17336E #224AA1 #2D62D3 #6087DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#224AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#224AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA1

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA1	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0555A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.148 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbd',
    500: '#224aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa1;
$custom-light: #717bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.102,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43396,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA1

secondary

#C2A25D

accent

#B340E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA1

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

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