#224E9A#224E9A

#224E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.134 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#224E9A
RGBrgb(34, 78, 154)
HSLhsl(218, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(218, 78%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(77.9%, 49.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(34.23, 13.17, -45.87)
CIE-LCHlch(34.23, 47.73, 286.02°)
OKLaboklab(43.73% -0.022 -0.1318)
OKLCHoklch(43.73% 0.134 260.5)
XYZxyz(9.2147, 8.1209, 31.6474)
Luminance0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#224E9A #9A6E22
analogous
#228A9A #224E9A #32229A
triadic
#224E9A #9A224E #4E9A22
tetradic
#224E9A #9A228A #9A6E22 #229A32
square
#224E9A #9A228A #9A6E22 #229A32
split-complementary
#224E9A #9A3222 #8A9A22
monochromatic
#0C1B36 #173568 #224E9A #2D67CC #5B8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00
#224E9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62
#224E9A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E9A
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##224E9A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##224E9A1.008.002.628.00
#FFFFFF8.001.0021.001.00
#0000002.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#23569D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004B98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00606C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #224e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.134 260.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fb8',
    500: '#224e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #224e9a;
$custom-light: #707fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#224e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43733,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#224E9A
secondary
#BF9A58
accent
#AA41E7
background
#F7F7FB
surface
#EDEEF6
border
#C8C9D0
text
#090A11
muted
#7B7C80

Preview Lab

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#224E9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva