#224E8A#224E8A

#224E8A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.111 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 6.84, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 38.43, 280.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.025 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.111 257)
XYZ	xyz(7.9698, 7.6230, 25.0912)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E8A #8A5E22

analogous

#22828A #224E8A #2A228A

triadic

#224E8A #8A224E #4E8A22

tetradic

#224E8A #8A2282 #8A5E22 #228A2A

square

#224E8A #8A2282 #8A5E22 #228A2A

split-complementary

#224E8A #8A2A22 #828A22

monochromatic

#0A1628 #163259 #224E8A #2E6ABB #5289D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#224E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#224E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E8A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E8A	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.111 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fac',
    500: '#224e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e8a;
$custom-light: #6c7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42587,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E8A

secondary

#B88C50

accent

#A044E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E8A

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

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