#224BAE#224BAE

#224BAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.165 H 263.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BAE
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 23.06, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 61.35, 292.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% -0.0176 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.165 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8130, 8.4269, 41.0929)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BAE #AE8522

analogous

#2291AE #224BAE #3F22AE

triadic

#224BAE #AE224B #4BAE22

tetradic

#224BAE #AE2291 #AE8522 #22AE3F

square

#224BAE #AE2291 #AE8522 #22AE3F

split-complementary

#224BAE #AE3F22 #91AE22

monochromatic

#0E1F48 #18357B #224BAE #3665D8 #698CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#224BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#224BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BAE

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BAE	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.165 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757cc7',
    500: '#224bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224bae;
$custom-light: #757cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44673,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BAE

secondary

#C7AA64

accent

#B83EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BAE

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

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