#224B9D#224B9D

#224B9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B9D
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 157)
HSL	hsl(220, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 16.38, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 51.43, 288.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% -0.0191 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.142 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2594, 7.8055, 32.9104)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B9D #9D7422

analogous

#22899D #224B9D #36229D

triadic

#224B9D #9D224B #4B9D22

tetradic

#224B9D #9D2289 #9D7422 #229D36

square

#224B9D #9D2289 #9D7422 #229D36

split-complementary

#224B9D #9D3622 #899D22

monochromatic

#0C1B38 #17336B #224B9D #2D63CF #5D88DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#224B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#224B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B9D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B9D	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1555A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707cba',
    500: '#224b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b9d;
$custom-light: #707cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43296,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B9D

secondary

#C19E5A

accent

#B040E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B9D

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

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