#224CA6#224CA6

#224CA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.153 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CA6
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 166)
HSL	hsl(221, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(221, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 54.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, 19.26, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 56.04, 290.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% -0.0189 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.153 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1246, 8.2610, 37.1299)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CA6 #A67C22

analogous

#228EA6 #224CA6 #3A22A6

triadic

#224CA6 #A6224C #4CA622

tetradic

#224CA6 #A6228E #A67C22 #22A63A

square

#224CA6 #A6228E #A67C22 #22A63A

split-complementary

#224CA6 #A63A22 #8EA622

monochromatic

#0D1D40 #183573 #224CA6 #3065D5 #638BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#224CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#224CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CA6

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CA6	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0158A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.153 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737dc1',
    500: '#224ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ca6;
$custom-light: #737dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44225,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CA6

secondary

#C4A45F

accent

#B33FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CA6

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

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