#224C8B#224C8B

#224C8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.115 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 45.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 8.58, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 40.23, 282.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0229 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.115 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9026, 7.3722, 25.4276)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C8B #8B6122

analogous

#22818B #224C8B #2D228B

triadic

#224C8B #8B224C #4C8B22

tetradic

#224C8B #8B2281 #8B6122 #228B2D

square

#224C8B #8B2281 #8B6122 #228B2D

split-complementary

#224C8B #8B2D22 #818B22

monochromatic

#0A1629 #16315A #224C8B #2E67BC #5387D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#224C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#224C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C8B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C8B	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C528D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18488A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.115 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7dad',
    500: '#224c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c8b;
$custom-light: #6c7dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42185,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C8B

secondary

#B88F50

accent

#A444E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C8B

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

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