#224D9F#224D9F

#224D9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.142 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 159)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, 15.82, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 51.29, 287.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% -0.0205 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.142 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5693, 8.1499, 33.8629)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224D9F #9F7422

analogous

#228B9F #224D9F #35229F

triadic

#224D9F #9F224D #4D9F22

tetradic

#224D9F #9F228B #9F7422 #229F35

square

#224D9F #9F228B #9F7422 #229F35

split-complementary

#224D9F #9F3522 #8B9F22

monochromatic

#0C1C3A #17356D #224D9F #2D65D1 #5F8ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#224D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#224D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224D9F

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224D9F	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1957A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.142 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717ebc',
    500: '#224d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224d9f;
$custom-light: #717ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4389,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224D9F

secondary

#C19E5B

accent

#AE40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224D9F

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

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