#224D9D#224D9D

#224D9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.139 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D9D
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 157)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 51%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 15.03, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 50.12, 287.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% -0.0207 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.139 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3972, 8.0811, 32.9563)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D9D #9D7222

analogous

#228B9D #224D9D #34229D

triadic

#224D9D #9D224D #4D9D22

tetradic

#224D9D #9D228B #9D7222 #229D34

square

#224D9D #9D228B #9D7222 #229D34

split-complementary

#224D9D #9D3422 #8B9D22

monochromatic

#0C1C38 #17346B #224D9D #2D66CF #5D8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#224D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D9D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D9D	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C56A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.139 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707eba',
    500: '#224d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d9d;
$custom-light: #707eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43736,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D9D

secondary

#C19D5A

accent

#AD40E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D9D

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

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