#224BA5#224BA5

#224BA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.153 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA5
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 165)
HSL	hsl(221, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 54.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 19.54, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 56.11, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% -0.0183 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.153 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9649, 8.0877, 36.6259)
Luminance	0.0809 (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

#224BA5 #A57C22

analogous

#228DA5 #224BA5 #3A22A5

triadic

#224BA5 #A5224B #4BA522

tetradic

#224BA5 #A5228D #A57C22 #22A53A

square

#224BA5 #A5228D #A57C22 #22A53A

split-complementary

#224BA5 #A53A22 #8DA522

monochromatic

#0D1D40 #183472 #224BA5 #3063D4 #6389DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#224BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA5

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA5	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.153 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727cc0',
    500: '#224ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba5;
$custom-light: #727cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.221,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43932,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA5

secondary

#C4A45F

accent

#B43FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA5

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

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