#224EA6#224EA6

#224EA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.150 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EA6
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 166)
HSL	hsl(220, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 53%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 17.91, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 54.72, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% -0.0204 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.15 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2645, 8.5408, 37.1766)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EA6 #A67A22

analogous

#2290A6 #224EA6 #3822A6

triadic

#224EA6 #A6224E #4EA622

tetradic

#224EA6 #A62290 #A67A22 #22A638

square

#224EA6 #A62290 #A67A22 #22A638

split-complementary

#224EA6 #A63822 #90A622

monochromatic

#0D1E40 #183673 #224EA6 #3067D5 #638DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#224EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#224EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EA6

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EA6	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.150 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#727ec1',
    500: '#224ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ea6;
$custom-light: #727ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44654,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EA6

secondary

#C4A35F

accent

#B03FE9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEEF7

border

#C9C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EA6

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

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