#224B9C#224B9C

#224B9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.140 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B9C
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 156)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 15.99, -48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 50.84, 288.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% -0.0192 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.14 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1744, 7.7715, 32.4626)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B9C #9C7322

analogous

#22889C #224B9C #36229C

triadic

#224B9C #9C224B #4B9C22

tetradic

#224B9C #9C2288 #9C7322 #229C36

square

#224B9C #9C2288 #9C7322 #229C36

split-complementary

#224B9C #9C3622 #889C22

monochromatic

#0C1B38 #17336A #224B9C #2D63CE #5D87DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#224B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#224B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B9C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B9C	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.140 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707cba',
    500: '#224b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b9c;
$custom-light: #707cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.836,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43218,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B9C

secondary

#C09E5A

accent

#AF41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B9C

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

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