#224E8B#224E8B

#224E8B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.112 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E8B
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 7.24, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 39.01, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% -0.0248 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.112 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0426, 7.6520, 25.4742)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E8B #8B5F22

analogous

#22838B #224E8B #2B228B

triadic

#224E8B #8B224E #4E8B22

tetradic

#224E8B #8B2283 #8B5F22 #228B2B

square

#224E8B #8B2283 #8B5F22 #228B2B

split-complementary

#224E8B #8B2B22 #838B22

monochromatic

#0A1729 #16325A #224E8B #2E6ABC #5389D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#224E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#224E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E8B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E8B	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.112 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fad',
    500: '#224e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e8b;
$custom-light: #6c7fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42655,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E8B

secondary

#B88D50

accent

#A144E4

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E8B

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

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