#224E85#224E85

#224E85 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.104 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E85
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 133)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(213, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 41.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 4.88, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 35.57, 277.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0261 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.104 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6162, 7.4815, 23.2284)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E85 #855922

analogous

#227F85 #224E85 #272285

triadic

#224E85 #85224E #4E8522

tetradic

#224E85 #85227F #855922 #228527

square

#224E85 #85227F #855922 #228527

split-complementary

#224E85 #852722 #7F8522

monochromatic

#091524 #163154 #224E85 #2E6BB6 #4F89D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#224E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#224E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E85

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E85	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.104 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa9',
    500: '#224e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e85;
$custom-light: #6b7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4225,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E85

secondary

#B6874D

accent

#9D45E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E85

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

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