#224D85#224D85

#224D85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.105 H 256.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D85
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 133)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 5.54, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 36.15, 278.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.0251 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.105 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5456, 7.3405, 23.2049)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D85 #855A22

analogous

#227E85 #224D85 #282285

triadic

#224D85 #85224D #4D8522

tetradic

#224D85 #85227E #855A22 #228528

square

#224D85 #85227E #855A22 #228528

split-complementary

#224D85 #852822 #7E8522

monochromatic

#091524 #163154 #224D85 #2E69B6 #4F88D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#224D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#224D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D85

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D85	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.105 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7ea9',
    500: '#224d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d85;
$custom-light: #6b7ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.939,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42009,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D85

secondary

#B6884D

accent

#9E45E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D85

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

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