#224CC9#224CC9

#224CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.200 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224CC9
RGB	rgb(34, 76, 201)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(225, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 62.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 32.76, -68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 76.06, 295.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% -0.0173 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.2 265)
XYZ	xyz(13.7830, 9.7243, 56.3976)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224CC9 #C99F22

analogous

#229FC9 #224CC9 #4B22C9

triadic

#224CC9 #C9224C #4CC922

tetradic

#224CC9 #C9229F #C99F22 #22C94B

square

#224CC9 #C9229F #C99F22 #22C94B

split-complementary

#224CC9 #C94B22 #9FC922

monochromatic

#102460 #193895 #224CC9 #486EE0 #7C98E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#224CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#224CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224CC9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224CC9	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 76, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.200 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7dda',
    500: '#224cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224cc9;
$custom-light: #7b7dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.91,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47222,
    "c": 0.1995,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.09726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224CC9

secondary

#D1BA76

accent

#C13AEE

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#EFEEFB

border

#CAC9D4

text

#0B0915

muted

#7C7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #224CC9

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

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