#224B9F#224B9F

#224B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.144 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224B9F
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 159)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 17.17, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 52.60, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.0189 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.144 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4315, 7.8744, 33.8170)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224B9F #9F7622

analogous

#22899F #224B9F #37229F

triadic

#224B9F #9F224B #4B9F22

tetradic

#224B9F #9F2289 #9F7622 #229F37

square

#224B9F #9F2289 #9F7622 #229F37

split-complementary

#224B9F #9F3722 #899F22

monochromatic

#0C1B3A #17336D #224B9F #2D63D1 #5F88DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#224B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#224B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224B9F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224B9F	1.00	8.16	2.58	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1155A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.144 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cbc',
    500: '#224b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224b9f;
$custom-light: #717cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.32,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43453,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224B9F

secondary

#C1A05B

accent

#B140E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224B9F

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

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