#224AA2#224AA2

#224AA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.150 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA2
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 162)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 54.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 19.03, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 55.02, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.0178 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.15 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6277, 7.8452, 35.1823)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA2 #A27A22

analogous

#228AA2 #224AA2 #3A22A2

triadic

#224AA2 #A2224A #4AA222

tetradic

#224AA2 #A2228A #A27A22 #22A23A

square

#224AA2 #A2228A #A27A22 #22A23A

split-complementary

#224AA2 #A23A22 #8AA222

monochromatic

#0D1C3D #17336F #224AA2 #2E62D3 #6188DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#224AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#224AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA2	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0255A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.150 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bbe',
    500: '#224aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa2;
$custom-light: #727bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43477,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA2

secondary

#C3A35D

accent

#B440E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA2

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

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