#224E89#224E89

#224E89 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.110 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E89
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 137)
HSL	hsl(214, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 6.45, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 37.85, 279.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.0252 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.11 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8978, 7.5941, 24.7116)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E89 #895D22

analogous

#228189 #224E89 #292289

triadic

#224E89 #89224E #4E8922

tetradic

#224E89 #892281 #895D22 #228929

square

#224E89 #892281 #895D22 #228929

split-complementary

#224E89 #892922 #818922

monochromatic

#0A1627 #163258 #224E89 #2E6ABA #5189D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#224E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#224E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E89

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E89	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32538B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.110 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fac',
    500: '#224e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e89;
$custom-light: #6c7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.369,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42518,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E89

secondary

#B88B4F

accent

#9F44E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E89

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

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