#224E79#224E79

#224E79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.087 H 250.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E79
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 0.21, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 28.89, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0294 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.087 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8340, 7.1686, 19.1090)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E79 #794D22

analogous

#227978 #224E79 #222379

triadic

#224E79 #79224E #4E7922

tetradic

#224E79 #782279 #794D22 #237922

square

#224E79 #782279 #794D22 #237922

split-complementary

#224E79 #792223 #797822

monochromatic

#071019 #152F49 #224E79 #2F6DA9 #498BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#224E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#224E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E79

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E79	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B507B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.087 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687fa0',
    500: '#224e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e79;
$custom-light: #687fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.655,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41484,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E79

secondary

#AC7B4B

accent

#9348DF

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E79

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

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