#224D8F#224D8F

#224D8F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.119 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D8F
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 143)
HSL	hsl(216, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 9.49, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 41.94, 283.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.023 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.119 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2697, 7.6301, 27.0182)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D8F #8F6422

analogous

#22848F #224D8F #2D228F

triadic

#224D8F #8F224D #4D8F22

tetradic

#224D8F #8F2284 #8F6422 #228F2D

square

#224D8F #8F2284 #8F6422 #228F2D

split-complementary

#224D8F #8F2D22 #848F22

monochromatic

#0A182C #16325E #224D8F #2E68C0 #5588D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#224D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#224D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D8F

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D8F	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.119 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7eb0',
    500: '#224d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d8f;
$custom-light: #6d7eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.33,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42701,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D8F

secondary

#BA9152

accent

#A543E5

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D8F

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

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