#224AB2#224AB2

#224AB2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.172 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AB2
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 178)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, 25.29, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 64.32, 293.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% -0.0167 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.172 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1415, 8.4507, 43.1548)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AB2 #B28A22

analogous

#2292B2 #224AB2 #4222B2

triadic

#224AB2 #B2224A #4AB222

tetradic

#224AB2 #B22292 #B28A22 #22B242

square

#224AB2 #B22292 #B28A22 #22B242

split-complementary

#224AB2 #B24222 #92B222

monochromatic

#0E1F4B #18357F #224AB2 #3865D9 #6C8DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#224AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#224AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AB2

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AB2	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.172 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767cca',
    500: '#224ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ab2;
$custom-light: #767cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44808,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AB2

secondary

#C9AE67

accent

#BB3DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AB2

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

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