#224AAE#224AAE

#224AAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.166 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AAE
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(223, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 57.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 23.73, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 62.01, 292.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% -0.0169 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.166 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7457, 8.2924, 41.0704)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AAE #AE8622

analogous

#2290AE #224AAE #4022AE

triadic

#224AAE #AE224A #4AAE22

tetradic

#224AAE #AE2290 #AE8622 #22AE40

square

#224AAE #AE2290 #AE8622 #22AE40

split-complementary

#224AAE #AE4022 #90AE22

monochromatic

#0E1E48 #18347B #224AAE #3664D8 #698BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#224AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#224AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AAE

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AAE	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.166 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757cc7',
    500: '#224aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224aae;
$custom-light: #757cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44468,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AAE

secondary

#C7AB64

accent

#B93EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF8

border

#C9C8D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AAE

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

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