#224E95#224E95

#224E95 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.127 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E95
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 149)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 47.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 11.19, -43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 44.81, 284.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.0228 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.127 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8069, 7.9578, 29.4998)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#224E95 #956922

analogous

#228795 #224E95 #2F2295

triadic

#224E95 #95224E #4E9522

tetradic

#224E95 #952287 #956922 #22952F

square

#224E95 #952287 #956922 #22952F

split-complementary

#224E95 #952F22 #879522

monochromatic

#0B1A31 #173463 #224E95 #2D68C7 #588AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#224E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#224E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E95

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E95	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.127 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fb5',
    500: '#224e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e95;
$custom-light: #6e7fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.043,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43364,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E95

secondary

#BD9656

accent

#A742E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E95

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

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