#224AA8#224AA8

#224AA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.158 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 168)
HSL	hsl(222, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 56%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 21.39, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 58.53, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0173 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.158 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1738, 8.0636, 38.0584)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA8 #A88022

analogous

#228DA8 #224AA8 #3D22A8

triadic

#224AA8 #A8224A #4AA822

tetradic

#224AA8 #A8228D #A88022 #22A83D

square

#224AA8 #A8228D #A88022 #22A83D

split-complementary

#224AA8 #A83D22 #8DA822

monochromatic

#0D1D42 #183475 #224AA8 #3263D5 #6589E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#224AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#224AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA8

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA8	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.158 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bc3',
    500: '#224aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa8;
$custom-light: #737bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.09,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43966,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA8

secondary

#C5A761

accent

#B63FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA8

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

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