#224D8D#224D8D

#224D8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.116 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D8D
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 45.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 8.70, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 40.77, 282.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% -0.0234 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.116 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1195, 7.5700, 26.2274)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D8D #8D6222

analogous

#22838D #224D8D #2D228D

triadic

#224D8D #8D224D #4D8D22

tetradic

#224D8D #8D2283 #8D6222 #228D2D

square

#224D8D #8D2283 #8D6222 #228D2D

split-complementary

#224D8D #8D2D22 #838D22

monochromatic

#0A172A #16325C #224D8D #2E68BE #5488D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#224D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#224D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D8D

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D8D	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D538F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.116 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7eaf',
    500: '#224d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d8d;
$custom-light: #6d7eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.888,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4256,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D8D

secondary

#B99051

accent

#A444E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D8D

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

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