#224C9F#224C9F

#224C9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.143 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224C9F
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 159)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 52.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 16.50, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 51.95, 288.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0197 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.143 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4999, 8.0111, 33.8398)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224C9F #9F7522

analogous

#228A9F #224C9F #36229F

triadic

#224C9F #9F224C #4C9F22

tetradic

#224C9F #9F228A #9F7522 #229F36

square

#224C9F #9F228A #9F7522 #229F36

split-complementary

#224C9F #9F3622 #8A9F22

monochromatic

#0C1C3A #17346D #224C9F #2D64D1 #5F89DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#224C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224C9F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224C9F	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1556A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.143 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dbc',
    500: '#224c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224c9f;
$custom-light: #717dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43671,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224C9F

secondary

#C19F5B

accent

#AF40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224C9F

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

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