#224C81#224C81

#224C81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.101 H 255.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C81
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 129)
HSL	hsl(213, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 41.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 4.64, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 34.44, 277.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0251 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.101 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2051, 7.0932, 21.7540)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C81 #815722

analogous

#227C81 #224C81 #282281

triadic

#224C81 #81224C #4C8122

tetradic

#224C81 #81227C #815722 #228128

square

#224C81 #81227C #815722 #228128

split-complementary

#224C81 #812822 #7C8122

monochromatic

#081320 #152F51 #224C81 #2F69B1 #4D87D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#224C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#224C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C81

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C81	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.101 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7da6',
    500: '#224c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c81;
$custom-light: #6a7da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.474,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41502,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C81

secondary

#B3854B

accent

#9D46E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#07090F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C81

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →