#224C85#224C85

#224C85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.106 H 256.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C85
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 133)
HSL	hsl(215, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 42.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 6.21, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 36.74, 279.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.0242 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.106 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4762, 7.2016, 23.1818)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C85 #855B22

analogous

#227E85 #224C85 #292285

triadic

#224C85 #85224C #4C8522

tetradic

#224C85 #85227E #855B22 #228529

square

#224C85 #85227E #855B22 #228529

split-complementary

#224C85 #852922 #7E8522

monochromatic

#091424 #163054 #224C85 #2E68B6 #4F87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#224C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#224C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C85

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C85	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.106 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7da9',
    500: '#224c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c85;
$custom-light: #6b7da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4177,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C85

secondary

#B6894D

accent

#A045E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C85

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

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