#224E99#224E99

#224E99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.132 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E99
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 12.78, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 47.14, 285.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0221 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.132 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1318, 8.0877, 31.2106)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E99 #996D22

analogous

#228A99 #224E99 #322299

triadic

#224E99 #99224E #4E9922

tetradic

#224E99 #99228A #996D22 #229932

square

#224E99 #99228A #996D22 #229932

split-complementary

#224E99 #993222 #8A9922

monochromatic

#0C1B35 #173467 #224E99 #2D68CB #5B8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#224E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#224E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E99

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E99	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.132 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7fb7',
    500: '#224e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e99;
$custom-light: #6f7fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.815,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43658,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E99

secondary

#BF9958

accent

#A941E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E99

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

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