#224CA1#224CA1

#224CA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.146 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CA1
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 161)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 52.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 17.29, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 53.12, 288.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% -0.0194 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.146 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6748, 8.0811, 34.7612)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CA1 #A17722

analogous

#228BA1 #224CA1 #3722A1

triadic

#224CA1 #A1224C #4CA122

tetradic

#224CA1 #A1228B #A17722 #22A137

square

#224CA1 #A1228B #A17722 #22A137

split-complementary

#224CA1 #A13722 #8BA122

monochromatic

#0D1C3C #17346E #224CA1 #2D64D3 #6089DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#224CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CA1

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CA1	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1156A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.146 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717dbd',
    500: '#224ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ca1;
$custom-light: #717dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.157,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43828,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CA1

secondary

#C2A15D

accent

#B040E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CA1

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

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