#224D8E#224D8E

#224D8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.118 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 9.09, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 41.36, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0232 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.118 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1943, 7.5999, 26.6210)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D8E #8E6322

analogous

#22838E #224D8E #2D228E

triadic

#224D8E #8E224D #4D8E22

tetradic

#224D8E #8E2283 #8E6322 #228E2D

square

#224D8E #8E2283 #8E6322 #228E2D

split-complementary

#224D8E #8E2D22 #838E22

monochromatic

#0A172B #16325D #224D8E #2E68BF #5488D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#224D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#224D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D8E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D8E	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.118 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7eaf',
    500: '#224d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d8e;
$custom-light: #6d7eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4263,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D8E

secondary

#BA9052

accent

#A443E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D8E

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

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