#224B8B#224B8B

#224B8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.116 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B8B
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 9.25, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 40.85, 283.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0219 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.116 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8343, 7.2355, 25.4048)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B8B #8B6222

analogous

#22808B #224B8B #2D228B

triadic

#224B8B #8B224B #4B8B22

tetradic

#224B8B #8B2280 #8B6222 #228B2D

square

#224B8B #8B2280 #8B6222 #228B2D

split-complementary

#224B8B #8B2D22 #808B22

monochromatic

#0A1629 #16305A #224B8B #2E66BC #5385D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#224B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#224B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B8B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B8B	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15488A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.116 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7cad',
    500: '#224b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b8b;
$custom-light: #6c7cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41951,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B8B

secondary

#B89050

accent

#A544E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B8B

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

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