#224D9B#224D9B

#224D9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.136 H 261.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D9B
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 155)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 50.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 14.24, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 48.95, 286.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% -0.021 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.136 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2278, 8.0133, 32.0644)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D9B #9B7022

analogous

#22899B #224D9B #34229B

triadic

#224D9B #9B224D #4D9B22

tetradic

#224D9B #9B2289 #9B7022 #229B34

square

#224D9B #9B2289 #9B7022 #229B34

split-complementary

#224D9B #9B3422 #899B22

monochromatic

#0C1B37 #173469 #224D9B #2D66CD #5C89DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#224D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D9B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D9B	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.136 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707eb9',
    500: '#224d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d9b;
$custom-light: #707eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.678,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43584,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D9B

secondary

#C09B59

accent

#AC41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D9B

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

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