#224CB4#224CB4

#224CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.172 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CB4
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 180)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, 24.73, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 64.15, 292.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0179 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.172 264)
XYZ	xyz(11.4794, 8.8029, 44.2653)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CB4 #B48A22

analogous

#2295B4 #224CB4 #4122B4

triadic

#224CB4 #B4224C #4CB422

tetradic

#224CB4 #B42295 #B48A22 #22B441

square

#224CB4 #B42295 #B48A22 #22B441

split-complementary

#224CB4 #B44122 #95B422

monochromatic

#0F214D #183681 #224CB4 #3A68DA #6D8FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#224CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#224CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CB4

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CB4	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.172 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767dcb',
    500: '#224cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224cb4;
$custom-light: #767dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.74,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45382,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.08804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CB4

secondary

#CAAE68

accent

#B93DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CB4

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

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