#224B89#224B89

#224B89 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.113 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B89
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 137)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 45.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 8.46, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 39.68, 282.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% -0.0223 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.113 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6895, 7.1775, 24.6422)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B89 #896022

analogous

#227E89 #224B89 #2D2289

triadic

#224B89 #89224B #4B8922

tetradic

#224B89 #89227E #896022 #22892D

square

#224B89 #89227E #896022 #22892D

split-complementary

#224B89 #892D22 #7E8922

monochromatic

#0A1527 #163058 #224B89 #2E66BA #5185D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#224B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#224B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B89

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B89	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.113 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cac',
    500: '#224b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b89;
$custom-light: #6c7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.117,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4181,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B89

secondary

#B88E4F

accent

#A444E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B89

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

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