#224BA1#224BA1

#224BA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.147 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA1
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 161)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 53.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 17.96, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 53.77, 289.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% -0.0187 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.147 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6065, 7.9443, 34.7384)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA1 #A17822

analogous

#228AA1 #224BA1 #3822A1

triadic

#224BA1 #A1224B #4BA122

tetradic

#224BA1 #A1228A #A17822 #22A138

square

#224BA1 #A1228A #A17822 #22A138

split-complementary

#224BA1 #A13822 #8AA122

monochromatic

#0D1C3C #17336E #224BA1 #2D63D3 #6088DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#224BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#224BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA1

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA1	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B56A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.147 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cbd',
    500: '#224ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba1;
$custom-light: #717cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.63,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43611,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA1

secondary

#C2A15D

accent

#B240E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA1

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

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