#224B99#224B99

#224B99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B99
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 153)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 51%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 14.80, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 49.08, 287.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% -0.0196 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.136 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9235, 7.6711, 31.1412)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B99 #997022

analogous

#228799 #224B99 #352299

triadic

#224B99 #99224B #4B9922

tetradic

#224B99 #992287 #997022 #229935

square

#224B99 #992287 #997022 #229935

split-complementary

#224B99 #993522 #879922

monochromatic

#0C1A35 #173267 #224B99 #2D64CB #5B87DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#224B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#224B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B99

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B99	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7cb8',
    500: '#224b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b99;
$custom-light: #6f7cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.328,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42987,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B99

secondary

#BF9B58

accent

#AE41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B99

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

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