#224CAA#224CAA

#224CAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.158 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CAA
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 170)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 55.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.82, 20.83, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.82, 58.37, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% -0.0185 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.158 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4972, 8.4100, 39.0925)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CAA #AA8022

analogous

#2290AA #224CAA #3C22AA

triadic

#224CAA #AA224C #4CAA22

tetradic

#224CAA #AA2290 #AA8022 #22AA3C

square

#224CAA #AA2290 #AA8022 #22AA3C

split-complementary

#224CAA #AA3C22 #90AA22

monochromatic

#0E1E44 #183577 #224CAA #3365D6 #668CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#224CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#224CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CAA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CAA	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.158 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747dc4',
    500: '#224caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224caa;
$custom-light: #747dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CAA

secondary

#C6A762

accent

#B53EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CAA

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

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