#224BA3#224BA3

#224BA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.150 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA3
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 163)
HSL	hsl(221, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 54%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 18.75, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 54.94, 289.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0185 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.15 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7843, 8.0154, 35.6747)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA3 #A37A22

analogous

#228BA3 #224BA3 #3922A3

triadic

#224BA3 #A3224B #4BA322

tetradic

#224BA3 #A3228B #A37A22 #22A339

square

#224BA3 #A3228B #A37A22 #22A339

split-complementary

#224BA3 #A33922 #8BA322

monochromatic

#0D1C3E #173470 #224BA3 #2F63D4 #6189DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#224BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA3	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0556A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.150 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cbf',
    500: '#224ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba3;
$custom-light: #727cbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.93,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43771,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA3

secondary

#C3A35E

accent

#B33FE8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA3

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

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