#224E9F#224E9F

#224E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.141 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 159)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 50.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 15.15, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 50.64, 287.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% -0.0213 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.141 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6398, 8.2909, 33.8864)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224E9F #9F7322

analogous

#228C9F #224E9F #34229F

triadic

#224E9F #9F224E #4E9F22

tetradic

#224E9F #9F228C #9F7322 #229F34

square

#224E9F #9F228C #9F7322 #229F34

split-complementary

#224E9F #9F3422 #8C9F22

monochromatic

#0C1D3A #17356D #224E9F #2D67D1 #5F8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#224E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#224E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224E9F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224E9F	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C57A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.141 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fbc',
    500: '#224e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224e9f;
$custom-light: #717fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.88,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4411,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224E9F

secondary

#C19E5B

accent

#AD40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224E9F

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

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