#224BB4#224BB4

#224BB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.173 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BB4
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 180)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, 25.40, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 64.81, 293.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% -0.0172 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.173 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4111, 8.6662, 44.2425)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BB4 #B48B22

analogous

#2294B4 #224BB4 #4222B4

triadic

#224BB4 #B4224B #4BB422

tetradic

#224BB4 #B42294 #B48B22 #22B442

square

#224BB4 #B42294 #B48B22 #22B442

split-complementary

#224BB4 #B44222 #94B422

monochromatic

#0F204D #183681 #224BB4 #3A66DA #6D8EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#224BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#224BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BB4

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BB4	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.173 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767ccb',
    500: '#224bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224bb4;
$custom-light: #767ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.151,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4518,
    "c": 0.17318,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BB4

secondary

#CAAE68

accent

#BA3DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BB4

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

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