#224C8A#224C8A

#224C8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.113 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C8A
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 8.18, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 39.64, 281.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0231 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.113 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8299, 7.3431, 25.0445)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C8A #8A6022

analogous

#22808A #224C8A #2C228A

triadic

#224C8A #8A224C #4C8A22

tetradic

#224C8A #8A2280 #8A6022 #228A2C

square

#224C8A #8A2280 #8A6022 #228A2C

split-complementary

#224C8A #8A2C22 #808A22

monochromatic

#0A1628 #163159 #224C8A #2E67BB #5287D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#224C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#224C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C8A

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C8A	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.113 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7dac',
    500: '#224c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c8a;
$custom-light: #6c7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42115,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C8A

secondary

#B88E50

accent

#A344E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C8A

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

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