#224B8D#224B8D

#224B8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.119 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B8D
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 46.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 10.04, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 42.02, 283.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% -0.0216 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.119 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9817, 7.2944, 26.1814)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B8D #8D6422

analogous

#22818D #224B8D #2E228D

triadic

#224B8D #8D224B #4B8D22

tetradic

#224B8D #8D2281 #8D6422 #228D2E

square

#224B8D #8D2281 #8D6422 #228D2E

split-complementary

#224B8D #8D2E22 #818D22

monochromatic

#0A172A #16315C #224B8D #2E65BE #5486D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#224B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#224B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B8D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B8D	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29528F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.119 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7caf',
    500: '#224b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b8d;
$custom-light: #6d7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.009,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42094,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B8D

secondary

#B99251

accent

#A744E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B8D

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

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