#224E9C#224E9C

#224E9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.136 H 260.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 156)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(218, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 50%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 13.96, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 48.89, 286.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0217 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.136 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3827, 8.1881, 32.5320)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E9C #9C7022

analogous

#228B9C #224E9C #33229C

triadic

#224E9C #9C224E #4E9C22

tetradic

#224E9C #9C228B #9C7022 #229C33

square

#224E9C #9C228B #9C7022 #229C33

split-complementary

#224E9C #9C3322 #8B9C22

monochromatic

#0C1C38 #17356A #224E9C #2D67CE #5D8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#224E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#224E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E9C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E9C	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20579F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.136 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fba',
    500: '#224e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e9c;
$custom-light: #707fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.361,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43883,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E9C

secondary

#C09B5A

accent

#AB41E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E9C

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

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