#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
RGBrgb(34, 76, 160)
HSLhsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(220, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 52.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.08, 16.89, -49.74)
CIE-LCHlch(34.08, 52.53, 288.76°)
OKLaboklab(43.75% -0.0195 -0.1432)
OKLCHoklch(43.75% 0.145 262.2)
XYZxyz(9.5870, 8.0459, 34.2986)
Luminance0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##224CA01.008.052.618.05
#FFFFFF8.051.0021.001.00
#0000002.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.051.0021.001.00

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

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#224CA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva