#224B8A#224B8A

#224B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.115 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B8A
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 8.85, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 40.26, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% -0.0221 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.115 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7615, 7.2064, 25.0217)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B8A #8A6122

analogous

#227F8A #224B8A #2D228A

triadic

#224B8A #8A224B #4B8A22

tetradic

#224B8A #8A227F #8A6122 #228A2D

square

#224B8A #8A227F #8A6122 #228A2D

split-complementary

#224B8A #8A2D22 #7F8A22

monochromatic

#0A1628 #163059 #224B8A #2E66BB #5285D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#224B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#224B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B8A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B8A	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.115 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cac',
    500: '#224b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b8a;
$custom-light: #6c7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4188,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B8A

secondary

#B88F50

accent

#A544E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B8A

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

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