#224AAD#224AAD

#224AAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.165 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AAD
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 173)
HSL	hsl(223, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 57.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.51, 23.34, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.51, 61.43, 292.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% -0.0169 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.165 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6486, 8.2535, 40.5589)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AAD #AD8522

analogous

#228FAD #224AAD #3F22AD

triadic

#224AAD #AD224A #4AAD22

tetradic

#224AAD #AD228F #AD8522 #22AD3F

square

#224AAD #AD228F #AD8522 #22AD3F

split-complementary

#224AAD #AD3F22 #8FAD22

monochromatic

#0E1E47 #18347A #224AAD #3564D7 #688BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#224AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#224AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AAD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AAD	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.165 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc6',
    500: '#224aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aad;
$custom-light: #747cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.734,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44383,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AAD

secondary

#C7AA64

accent

#B83EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AAD

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

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