#224E86#224E86

#224E86 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.105 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E86
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 134)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 5.27, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 36.14, 278.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0259 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.105 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6856, 7.5092, 23.5940)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E86 #865A22

analogous

#228086 #224E86 #282286

triadic

#224E86 #86224E #4E8622

tetradic

#224E86 #862280 #865A22 #228628

square

#224E86 #862280 #865A22 #228628

split-complementary

#224E86 #862822 #808622

monochromatic

#091524 #163255 #224E86 #2E6AB7 #5089D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#224E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#224E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E86

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E86	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.105 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa9',
    500: '#224e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e86;
$custom-light: #6b7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42316,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E86

secondary

#B6884E

accent

#9D45E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E86

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

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