#224BA0#224BA0

#224BA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.146 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA0
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 160)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 53.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 17.57, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 53.19, 289.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.0188 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.146 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5187, 7.9092, 34.2759)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA0 #A07722

analogous

#228AA0 #224BA0 #3822A0

triadic

#224BA0 #A0224B #4BA022

tetradic

#224BA0 #A0228A #A07722 #22A038

square

#224BA0 #A0228A #A07722 #22A038

split-complementary

#224BA0 #A03822 #8AA022

monochromatic

#0D1C3B #17336E #224BA0 #2D63D2 #5F88DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#224BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#224BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA0

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA0	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E56A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.146 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cbd',
    500: '#224ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba0;
$custom-light: #717cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.476,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43532,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA0

secondary

#C2A15C

accent

#B140E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA0

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

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