#224AA3#224AA3

#224AA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.151 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA3
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 163)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 54.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 19.43, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 55.61, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% -0.0177 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.151 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7170, 7.8809, 35.6523)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA3 #A37B22

analogous

#228AA3 #224AA3 #3A22A3

triadic

#224AA3 #A3224A #4AA322

tetradic

#224AA3 #A3228A #A37B22 #22A33A

square

#224AA3 #A3228A #A37B22 #22A33A

split-complementary

#224AA3 #A33A22 #8AA322

monochromatic

#0D1C3E #173370 #224AA3 #2F62D4 #6188DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#224AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#224AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA3	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.151 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bbf',
    500: '#224aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa3;
$custom-light: #727bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.395,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43558,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA3

secondary

#C3A45E

accent

#B43FE8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF7

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA3

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

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