#224E8D#224E8D

#224E8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.115 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 8.03, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 40.16, 281.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0243 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.115 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1900, 7.7110, 26.2509)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E8D #8D6122

analogous

#22848D #224E8D #2C228D

triadic

#224E8D #8D224E #4E8D22

tetradic

#224E8D #8D2284 #8D6122 #228D2C

square

#224E8D #8D2284 #8D6122 #228D2C

split-complementary

#224E8D #8D2C22 #848D22

monochromatic

#0A172A #16335C #224E8D #2E69BE #5489D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#224E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#224E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E8D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E8D	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.115 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faf',
    500: '#224e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e8d;
$custom-light: #6d7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.327,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42794,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E8D

secondary

#B98F51

accent

#A244E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E8D

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

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