#224EA5#224EA5

#224EA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.149 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EA5
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(220, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, 17.52, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 54.14, 288.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% -0.0205 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.149 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1732, 8.5043, 36.6953)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EA5 #A57922

analogous

#2290A5 #224EA5 #3722A5

triadic

#224EA5 #A5224E #4EA522

tetradic

#224EA5 #A52290 #A57922 #22A537

square

#224EA5 #A52290 #A57922 #22A537

split-complementary

#224EA5 #A53722 #90A522

monochromatic

#0D1E40 #183672 #224EA5 #3067D4 #638CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#224EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#224EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EA5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EA5	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1159A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.149 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727ec0',
    500: '#224ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ea5;
$custom-light: #727ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.847,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44575,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EA5

secondary

#C4A25F

accent

#B03FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF7

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EA5

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

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