#224BB6#224BB6

#224BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.176 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BB6
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 182)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 58.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, 26.17, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 65.96, 293.37°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% -0.0171 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.176 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6163, 8.7482, 45.3232)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BB6 #B68D22

analogous

#2295B6 #224BB6 #4322B6

triadic

#224BB6 #B6224B #4BB622

tetradic

#224BB6 #B62295 #B68D22 #22B643

square

#224BB6 #B62295 #B68D22 #22B643

split-complementary

#224BB6 #B64322 #95B622

monochromatic

#0F214F #183682 #224BB6 #3B67DA #6E8FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#224BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#224BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BB6

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BB6	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.176 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777ccd',
    500: '#224bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224bb6;
$custom-light: #777ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45352,
    "c": 0.17585,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BB6

secondary

#CAB069

accent

#BB3CEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0914

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BB6

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

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