#224CA0#224CA0

#224CA0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.145 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CA0
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 160)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 52.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 16.89, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 52.53, 288.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.0195 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.145 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5870, 8.0459, 34.2986)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CA0 #A07622

analogous

#228BA0 #224CA0 #3722A0

triadic

#224CA0 #A0224C #4CA022

tetradic

#224CA0 #A0228B #A07622 #22A037

square

#224CA0 #A0228B #A07622 #22A037

split-complementary

#224CA0 #A03722 #8BA022

monochromatic

#0D1C3B #17346E #224CA0 #2D64D2 #5F89DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#224CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#224CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CA0

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CA0	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1356A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.145 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dbd',
    500: '#224ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ca0;
$custom-light: #717dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43749,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CA0

secondary

#C2A05C

accent

#B040E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CA0

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

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