#224B85#224B85

#224B85 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.107 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B85
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 133)
HSL	hsl(215, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 43.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 6.88, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 37.34, 280.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% -0.0232 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.107 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4079, 7.0649, 23.1590)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B85 #855C22

analogous

#227C85 #224B85 #2B2285

triadic

#224B85 #85224B #4B8522

tetradic

#224B85 #85227C #855C22 #22852B

square

#224B85 #85227C #855C22 #22852B

split-complementary

#224B85 #852B22 #7C8522

monochromatic

#091424 #163054 #224B85 #2E66B6 #4F85D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#224B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#224B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B85

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B85	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.107 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7ca9',
    500: '#224b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b85;
$custom-light: #6b7ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.152,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41532,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B85

secondary

#B68A4D

accent

#A145E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B85

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

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