#224AB4#224AB4

#224AB4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.174 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224AB4
RGB	rgb(34, 74, 180)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, 26.06, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 65.47, 293.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% -0.0166 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.174 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3438, 8.5316, 44.2201)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224AB4 #B48C22

analogous

#2293B4 #224AB4 #4322B4

triadic

#224AB4 #B4224A #4AB422

tetradic

#224AB4 #B42293 #B48C22 #22B443

square

#224AB4 #B42293 #B48C22 #22B443

split-complementary

#224AB4 #B44322 #93B422

monochromatic

#0F204D #183581 #224AB4 #3A65DA #6D8DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#224AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#224AB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224AB4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224AB4	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 74, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.174 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767ccb',
    500: '#224ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ab4;
$custom-light: #767ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.562,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4498,
    "c": 0.1744,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224AB4

secondary

#CAAF68

accent

#BB3DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224AB4

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

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