#224E8E#224E8E

#224E8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.117 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E8E
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 8.42, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 40.74, 281.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0241 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.117 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2648, 7.7409, 26.6445)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E8E #8E6222

analogous

#22848E #224E8E #2C228E

triadic

#224E8E #8E224E #4E8E22

tetradic

#224E8E #8E2284 #8E6222 #228E2C

square

#224E8E #8E2284 #8E6222 #228E2C

split-complementary

#224E8E #8E2C22 #848E22

monochromatic

#0A182B #16335D #224E8E #2E69BF #5489D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#224E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#224E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E8E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E8E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.117 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faf',
    500: '#224e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e8e;
$custom-light: #6d7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42864,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E8E

secondary

#BA9052

accent

#A343E4

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E8E

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

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