#224BAD#224BAD

#224BAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.164 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BAD
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 173)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 56.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 22.67, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 60.77, 291.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% -0.0176 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.164 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7159, 8.3881, 40.5814)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BAD #AD8422

analogous

#2290AD #224BAD #3E22AD

triadic

#224BAD #AD224B #4BAD22

tetradic

#224BAD #AD2290 #AD8422 #22AD3E

square

#224BAD #AD2290 #AD8422 #22AD3E

split-complementary

#224BAD #AD3E22 #90AD22

monochromatic

#0E1F47 #18357A #224BAD #3565D7 #688CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#224BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#224BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BAD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BAD	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.164 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747cc6',
    500: '#224bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224bad;
$custom-light: #747cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.302,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44589,
    "c": 0.16373,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BAD

secondary

#C7AA64

accent

#B73EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BAD

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

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