#224CA5#224CA5

#224CA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.152 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CA5
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 165)
HSL	hsl(221, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 53.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 18.86, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 55.45, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% -0.019 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.152 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0332, 8.2244, 36.6487)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CA5 #A57B22

analogous

#228EA5 #224CA5 #3922A5

triadic

#224CA5 #A5224C #4CA522

tetradic

#224CA5 #A5228E #A57B22 #22A539

square

#224CA5 #A5228E #A57B22 #22A539

split-complementary

#224CA5 #A53922 #8EA522

monochromatic

#0D1D40 #183572 #224CA5 #3065D4 #638ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#224CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#224CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CA5

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CA5	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0557A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.152 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727dc0',
    500: '#224ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ca5;
$custom-light: #727dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.763,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44145,
    "c": 0.15151,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CA5

secondary

#C4A45F

accent

#B23FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CA5

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

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