#224AB3#224AB3

#224AB3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.173 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AB3
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 179)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 58.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, 25.67, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 64.90, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% -0.0166 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.173 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2423, 8.4910, 43.6855)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AB3 #B38B22

analogous

#2293B3 #224AB3 #4222B3

triadic

#224AB3 #B3224A #4AB322

tetradic

#224AB3 #B32293 #B38B22 #22B342

square

#224AB3 #B32293 #B38B22 #22B342

split-complementary

#224AB3 #B34222 #93B322

monochromatic

#0E1F4C #183580 #224AB3 #3965D9 #6C8DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#224AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#224AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AB3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AB3	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.173 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767ccb',
    500: '#224ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ab3;
$custom-light: #767ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.448,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44894,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AB3

secondary

#C9AE68

accent

#BB3DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AB3

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

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