#224E97#224E97

#224E97 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.129 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E97
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 151)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 11.98, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 45.98, 285.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0225 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.129 260)
XYZ	xyz(8.9680, 8.0222, 30.3480)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E97 #976B22

analogous

#228997 #224E97 #312297

triadic

#224E97 #97224E #4E9722

tetradic

#224E97 #972289 #976B22 #229731

square

#224E97 #972289 #976B22 #229731

split-complementary

#224E97 #973122 #899722

monochromatic

#0C1A33 #173465 #224E97 #2D68C9 #5A8ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#224E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#224E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E97

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E97	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26569A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.129 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb6',
    500: '#224e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e97;
$custom-light: #6f7fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.436,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4351,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E97

secondary

#BE9757

accent

#A842E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E97

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

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