#224AA6#224AA6

#224AA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.155 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA6
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 166)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 55.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, 20.61, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 57.36, 291.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% -0.0174 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.155 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9889, 7.9896, 37.0847)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA6 #A67E22

analogous

#228CA6 #224AA6 #3C22A6

triadic

#224AA6 #A6224A #4AA622

tetradic

#224AA6 #A6228C #A67E22 #22A63C

square

#224AA6 #A6228C #A67E22 #22A63C

split-complementary

#224AA6 #A63C22 #8CA622

monochromatic

#0D1D40 #183373 #224AA6 #3062D5 #6389DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#224AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA6

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA6	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.155 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bc1',
    500: '#224aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa6;
$custom-light: #737bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43802,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA6

secondary

#C4A65F

accent

#B53FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA6

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

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