#224CAE#224CAE

#224CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.164 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CAE
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, 22.39, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 60.69, 291.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0182 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.164 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8814, 8.5637, 41.1156)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CAE #AE8422

analogous

#2292AE #224CAE #3E22AE

triadic

#224CAE #AE224C #4CAE22

tetradic

#224CAE #AE2292 #AE8422 #22AE3E

square

#224CAE #AE2292 #AE8422 #22AE3E

split-complementary

#224CAE #AE3E22 #92AE22

monochromatic

#0E1F48 #18367B #224CAE #3666D8 #698DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#224CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#224CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CAE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CAE	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.164 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757dc7',
    500: '#224cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224cae;
$custom-light: #757dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44879,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CAE

secondary

#C7AA64

accent

#B63EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CAE

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

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