#224EA7#224EA7

#224EA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.152 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EA7
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 167)
HSL	hsl(220, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(220, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, 18.31, -52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 55.31, 289.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% -0.0203 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.152 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3566, 8.5777, 37.6615)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EA7 #A77B22

analogous

#2291A7 #224EA7 #3822A7

triadic

#224EA7 #A7224E #4EA722

tetradic

#224EA7 #A72291 #A77B22 #22A738

square

#224EA7 #A72291 #A77B22 #22A738

split-complementary

#224EA7 #A73822 #91A722

monochromatic

#0D1F41 #183674 #224EA7 #3167D5 #648DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#224EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#224EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EA7

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EA7	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B59AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.152 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737ec2',
    500: '#224ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ea7;
$custom-light: #737ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.15,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44733,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EA7

secondary

#C5A360

accent

#B13FE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EA7

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

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