#224BA2#224BA2

#224BA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.149 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA2
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 162)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 53.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, 18.36, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 54.36, 289.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0186 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.149 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6950, 7.9797, 35.2047)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA2 #A27922

analogous

#228BA2 #224BA2 #3922A2

triadic

#224BA2 #A2224B #4BA222

tetradic

#224BA2 #A2228B #A27922 #22A239

square

#224BA2 #A2228B #A27922 #22A239

split-complementary

#224BA2 #A23922 #8BA222

monochromatic

#0D1C3D #17346F #224BA2 #2E63D3 #6189DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#224BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA2

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA2	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0856A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.149 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cbe',
    500: '#224ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba2;
$custom-light: #727cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.781,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43691,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA2

secondary

#C3A25D

accent

#B240E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA2

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

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