#224E9D#224E9D

#224E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.138 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E9D
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(219, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 14.36, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 49.48, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.0215 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.138 261)
XYZ	xyz(9.4677, 8.2221, 32.9798)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E9D #9D7122

analogous

#228B9D #224E9D #34229D

triadic

#224E9D #9D224E #4E9D22

tetradic

#224E9D #9D228B #9D7122 #229D34

square

#224E9D #9D228B #9D7122 #229D34

split-complementary

#224E9D #9D3422 #8B9D22

monochromatic

#0C1C38 #17356B #224E9D #2D67CF #5D8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#224E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#224E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E9D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E9D	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.138 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fba',
    500: '#224e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e9d;
$custom-light: #707fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.537,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43958,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.08223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E9D

secondary

#C19C5A

accent

#AC40E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E9D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →