#224D9C#224D9C

#224D9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.138 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D9C
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 156)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 14.64, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 49.54, 287.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0209 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.138 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3121, 8.0471, 32.5085)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D9C #9C7122

analogous

#228A9C #224D9C #34229C

triadic

#224D9C #9C224D #4D9C22

tetradic

#224D9C #9C228A #9C7122 #229C34

square

#224D9C #9C228A #9C7122 #229C34

split-complementary

#224D9C #9C3422 #8A9C22

monochromatic

#0C1B38 #17346A #224D9C #2D66CE #5D89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#224D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#224D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D9C

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D9C	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.138 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707eba',
    500: '#224d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d9c;
$custom-light: #707eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.852,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4366,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D9C

secondary

#C09C5A

accent

#AC41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D9C

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

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