#224C8F#224C8F

#224C8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.121 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 143)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 46.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 10.16, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 42.56, 283.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0221 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.121 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2003, 7.4912, 26.9950)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C8F #8F6522

analogous

#22838F #224C8F #2F228F

triadic

#224C8F #8F224C #4C8F22

tetradic

#224C8F #8F2283 #8F6522 #228F2F

square

#224C8F #8F2283 #8F6522 #228F2F

split-complementary

#224C8F #8F2F22 #838F22

monochromatic

#0A172C #16325E #224C8F #2E66C0 #5587D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#224C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#224C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C8F

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C8F	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11498E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.121 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7db0',
    500: '#224c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c8f;
$custom-light: #6d7db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.881,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4247,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C8F

secondary

#BA9252

accent

#A643E5

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C8F

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

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