#224B86#224B86

#224B86 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.109 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B86
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 134)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 44%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 7.27, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 37.93, 281.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% -0.023 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.109 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4773, 7.0927, 23.5246)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B86 #865D22

analogous

#227D86 #224B86 #2B2286

triadic

#224B86 #86224B #4B8622

tetradic

#224B86 #86227D #865D22 #22862B

square

#224B86 #86227D #865D22 #22862B

split-complementary

#224B86 #862B22 #7D8622

monochromatic

#091424 #163055 #224B86 #2E66B7 #5085D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#224B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#224B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B86

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B86	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.109 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7ca9',
    500: '#224b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b86;
$custom-light: #6b7ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.416,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B86

secondary

#B68B4E

accent

#A245E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B86

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

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