#224AA5#224AA5

#224AA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.154 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA5
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 165)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 20.21, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 56.78, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0175 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.154 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8976, 7.9531, 36.6035)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA5 #A57D22

analogous

#228CA5 #224AA5 #3B22A5

triadic

#224AA5 #A5224A #4AA522

tetradic

#224AA5 #A5228C #A57D22 #22A53B

square

#224AA5 #A5228C #A57D22 #22A53B

split-complementary

#224AA5 #A53B22 #8CA522

monochromatic

#0D1C40 #183372 #224AA5 #3062D4 #6389DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#224AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#224AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA5	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.154 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727bc0',
    500: '#224aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa5;
$custom-light: #727bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.679,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4372,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA5

secondary

#C4A55F

accent

#B53FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF7

border

#C9C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA5

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

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