#224DAA#224DAA

#224DAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.157 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224DAA
RGB	rgb(34, 77, 170)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 54.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 20.16, -54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 57.71, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% -0.0193 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.157 263)
XYZ	xyz(10.5667, 8.5489, 39.1156)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224DAA #AA7F22

analogous

#2291AA #224DAA #3B22AA

triadic

#224DAA #AA224D #4DAA22

tetradic

#224DAA #AA2291 #AA7F22 #22AA3B

square

#224DAA #AA2291 #AA7F22 #22AA3B

split-complementary

#224DAA #AA3B22 #91AA22

monochromatic

#0E1F44 #183677 #224DAA #3367D6 #668DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#224DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#224DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224DAA

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224DAA	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 77, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.157 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737ec4',
    500: '#224daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224daa;
$custom-light: #737ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.029,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4476,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.0855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224DAA

secondary

#C6A662

accent

#B33EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224DAA

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

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