#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
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 163)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 52.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 16.73, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 52.98, 288.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% -0.0207 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.146 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9926, 8.4320, 35.7441)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##224EA3	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #224EA3

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

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