#224B59#224B59

#224B59 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.051 H 222.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B59
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, -9.68, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 15.90, 232.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% -0.0377 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.051 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9782, 6.0930, 10.3630)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B59 #593022

analogous

#22594C #224B59 #223059

triadic

#224B59 #59224B #4B5922

tetradic

#224B59 #4C2259 #593022 #305922

square

#224B59 #4C2259 #593022 #305922

split-complementary

#224B59 #592230 #594C22

monochromatic

#081316 #11262D #224B59 #337085 #4496B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#224B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#224B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B59

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B59	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43495A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.051 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637d88',
    500: '#224b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b59;
$custom-light: #637d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3896,
    "c": 0.05147,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B59

secondary

#8D5B4A

accent

#7453D4

background

#F6F7F8

surface

#EBEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#05090B

muted

#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B59

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

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