#224E87#224E87

#224E87 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.107 H 256.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E87
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 42.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 5.66, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 36.71, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0257 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.107 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7556, 7.5373, 23.9631)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E87 #875B22

analogous

#228087 #224E87 #282287

triadic

#224E87 #87224E #4E8722

tetradic

#224E87 #872280 #875B22 #228728

square

#224E87 #872280 #875B22 #228728

split-complementary

#224E87 #872822 #808722

monochromatic

#091625 #163256 #224E87 #2E6AB8 #5089D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#224E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#224E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E87

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E87	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.107 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7faa',
    500: '#224e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e87;
$custom-light: #6b7faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.861,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42383,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E87

secondary

#B7894E

accent

#9E45E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E87

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

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