#224BA4#224BA4

#224BA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.151 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA4
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 164)
HSL	hsl(221, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 19.14, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 55.53, 290.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.0184 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.151 263)
XYZ	xyz(9.8742, 8.0514, 36.1484)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA4 #A47B22

analogous

#228CA4 #224BA4 #3A22A4

triadic

#224BA4 #A4224B #4BA422

tetradic

#224BA4 #A4228C #A47B22 #22A43A

square

#224BA4 #A4228C #A47B22 #22A43A

split-complementary

#224BA4 #A43A22 #8CA422

monochromatic

#0D1D3F #173471 #224BA4 #2F63D4 #6289DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#224BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#224BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA4	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0156A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.151 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cc0',
    500: '#224ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba4;
$custom-light: #727cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43851,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.08053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA4

secondary

#C4A45E

accent

#B33FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA4

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

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