#224B8F#224B8F

#224B8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.122 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B8F
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 47.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 10.83, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 43.19, 284.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0212 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.122 260)
XYZ	xyz(8.1319, 7.3545, 26.9723)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B8F #8F6622

analogous

#22828F #224B8F #2F228F

triadic

#224B8F #8F224B #4B8F22

tetradic

#224B8F #8F2282 #8F6622 #228F2F

square

#224B8F #8F2282 #8F6622 #228F2F

split-complementary

#224B8F #8F2F22 #828F22

monochromatic

#0A172C #16315E #224B8F #2E65C0 #5586D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#224B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#224B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B8F

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B8F	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C488E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.122 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cb0',
    500: '#224b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b8f;
$custom-light: #6d7cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.431,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42239,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.07355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B8F

secondary

#BA9352

accent

#A843E5

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B8F

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

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