#224C8E#224C8E

#224C8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.119 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 9.76, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 41.98, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% -0.0223 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.119 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1248, 7.4611, 26.5979)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C8E #8E6422

analogous

#22828E #224C8E #2E228E

triadic

#224C8E #8E224C #4C8E22

tetradic

#224C8E #8E2282 #8E6422 #228E2E

square

#224C8E #8E2282 #8E6422 #228E2E

split-complementary

#224C8E #8E2E22 #828E22

monochromatic

#0A172B #16325D #224C8E #2E66BF #5487D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#224C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#224C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C8E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C8E	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.119 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7daf',
    500: '#224c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c8e;
$custom-light: #6d7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42398,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C8E

secondary

#BA9152

accent

#A643E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C8E

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

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