#224D8A#224D8A

#224D8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.112 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D8A
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 138)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 7.51, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 39.03, 281.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% -0.024 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.112 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8993, 7.4819, 25.0677)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D8A #8A5F22

analogous

#22818A #224D8A #2B228A

triadic

#224D8A #8A224D #4D8A22

tetradic

#224D8A #8A2281 #8A5F22 #228A2B

square

#224D8A #8A2281 #8A5F22 #228A2B

split-complementary

#224D8A #8A2B22 #818A22

monochromatic

#0A1628 #163259 #224D8A #2E68BB #5288D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#224D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#224D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D8A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D8A	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.112 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7eac',
    500: '#224d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d8a;
$custom-light: #6c7eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.192,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4235,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D8A

secondary

#B88D50

accent

#A244E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D8A

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

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