#224E9E#224E9E

#224E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.139 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.51, 14.75, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.51, 50.06, 287.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% -0.0214 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.139 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5534, 8.2564, 33.4313)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E9E #9E7222

analogous

#228C9E #224E9E #34229E

triadic

#224E9E #9E224E #4E9E22

tetradic

#224E9E #9E228C #9E7222 #229E34

square

#224E9E #9E228C #9E7222 #229E34

split-complementary

#224E9E #9E3422 #8C9E22

monochromatic

#0C1C39 #17356C #224E9E #2D67D0 #5E8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#224E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#224E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E9E

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E9E	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.139 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fbb',
    500: '#224e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e9e;
$custom-light: #707fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.71,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44034,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E9E

secondary

#C19D5B

accent

#AC40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E9E

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

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