#224EA3#224EA3

#224EA3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.146 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#224EA3
RGBrgb(34, 78, 163)
HSLhsl(220, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(220, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(79.1%, 52.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(34.87, 16.73, -50.27)
CIE-LCHlch(34.87, 52.98, 288.41°)
OKLaboklab(44.42% -0.0207 -0.1447)
OKLCHoklch(44.42% 0.146 261.8)
XYZxyz(9.9926, 8.4320, 35.7441)
Luminance0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#224EA3 #A37722
analogous
#228EA3 #224EA3 #3622A3
triadic
#224EA3 #A3224E #4EA322
tetradic
#224EA3 #A3228E #A37722 #22A336
square
#224EA3 #A3228E #A37722 #22A336
split-complementary
#224EA3 #A33622 #8EA322
monochromatic
#0D1E3E #173670 #224EA3 #2F67D4 #618CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82
#224EA3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69
#224EA3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EA3
7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##224EA3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##224EA31.007.822.697.82
#FFFFFF7.821.0021.001.00
#0000002.6921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1558A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004CA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006371
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #224ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.146 261.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727ebf',
    500: '#224ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #224ea3;
$custom-light: #727ebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#224ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.535,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44419,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#224EA3
secondary
#C3A15E
accent
#AF3FE8
background
#F7F7FB
surface
#EDEEF7
border
#C8C9D0
text
#090A12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

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#224EA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva