#224E81#224E81

#224E81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.098 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E81
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 129)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 3.31, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 33.30, 275.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0271 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.098 254)
XYZ	xyz(7.3451, 7.3730, 21.8007)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E81 #815522

analogous

#227D81 #224E81 #262281

triadic

#224E81 #81224E #4E8122

tetradic

#224E81 #81227D #815522 #228126

square

#224E81 #81227D #815522 #228126

split-complementary

#224E81 #812622 #7D8122

monochromatic

#081320 #153151 #224E81 #2F6BB1 #4D8AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#224E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#224E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E81

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E81	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.098 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a7fa6',
    500: '#224e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e81;
$custom-light: #6a7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.211,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41987,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.07374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E81

secondary

#B3834B

accent

#9A46E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E81

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

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