#224CA2#224CA2

#224CA2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.147 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CA2
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 162)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 53.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 17.68, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 53.70, 289.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% -0.0193 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.147 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7634, 8.1165, 35.2275)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CA2 #A27822

analogous

#228CA2 #224CA2 #3822A2

triadic

#224CA2 #A2224C #4CA222

tetradic

#224CA2 #A2228C #A27822 #22A238

square

#224CA2 #A2228C #A27822 #22A238

split-complementary

#224CA2 #A23822 #8CA222

monochromatic

#0D1D3D #17346F #224CA2 #2E64D3 #618ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#224CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CA2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CA2	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E57A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.147 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727dbe',
    500: '#224ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ca2;
$custom-light: #727dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.313,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43907,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CA2

secondary

#C3A15D

accent

#B140E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CA2

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

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