#224E96#224E96

#224E96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.128 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E96
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 150)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 48%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, 11.59, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 45.39, 284.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.0226 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.128 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8871, 7.9899, 29.9221)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E96 #966A22

analogous

#228896 #224E96 #302296

triadic

#224E96 #96224E #4E9622

tetradic

#224E96 #962288 #966A22 #229630

square

#224E96 #962288 #966A22 #229630

split-complementary

#224E96 #963022 #889622

monochromatic

#0B1A32 #173464 #224E96 #2D68C8 #598AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#224E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E96

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E96	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.128 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb5',
    500: '#224e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e96;
$custom-light: #6f7fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43437,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E96

secondary

#BE9656

accent

#A842E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E96

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

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