#224D79#224D79

#224D79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.088 H 251.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D79
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 121)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 36.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 0.86, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 29.41, 271.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% -0.0283 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.088 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7635, 7.0276, 19.0855)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D79 #794E22

analogous

#227879 #224D79 #232279

triadic

#224D79 #79224D #4D7922

tetradic

#224D79 #792278 #794E22 #227923

square

#224D79 #792278 #794E22 #227923

split-complementary

#224D79 #792322 #787922

monochromatic

#071019 #152F49 #224D79 #2F6BA9 #498ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#224D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#224D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D79

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D79	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.088 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687ea0',
    500: '#224d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d79;
$custom-light: #687ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.345,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41235,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D79

secondary

#AC7C4B

accent

#9548DF

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#07090E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D79

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

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