#224AA9#224AA9

#224AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.160 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AA9
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 169)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 21.78, -54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 59.11, 291.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% -0.0172 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.16 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2673, 8.1010, 38.5509)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AA9 #A98122

analogous

#228EA9 #224AA9 #3D22A9

triadic

#224AA9 #A9224A #4AA922

tetradic

#224AA9 #A9228E #A98122 #22A93D

square

#224AA9 #A9228E #A98122 #22A93D

split-complementary

#224AA9 #A93D22 #8EA922

monochromatic

#0D1D43 #183476 #224AA9 #3263D6 #658AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#224AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AA9

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AA9	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.160 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737bc3',
    500: '#224aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aa9;
$custom-light: #737bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44049,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AA9

secondary

#C5A861

accent

#B73EE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AA9

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

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