#224D9E#224D9E

#224D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.141 H 261.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D9E
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 158)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 51.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 15.43, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 50.71, 287.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% -0.0206 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.141 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4829, 8.1154, 33.4078)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D9E #9E7322

analogous

#228B9E #224D9E #35229E

triadic

#224D9E #9E224D #4D9E22

tetradic

#224D9E #9E228B #9E7322 #229E35

square

#224D9E #9E228B #9E7322 #229E35

split-complementary

#224D9E #9E3522 #8B9E22

monochromatic

#0C1C39 #17346C #224D9E #2D66D0 #5E8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#224D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D9E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D9E	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A56A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.141 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717ebb',
    500: '#224d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d9e;
$custom-light: #717ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43813,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D9E

secondary

#C19E5B

accent

#AE40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D9E

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

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