#224EAA#224EAA

#224EAA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.156 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EAA
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 170)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 54.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.38, 19.49, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.38, 57.05, 289.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% -0.02 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.156 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6372, 8.6899, 39.1391)
Luminance	0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EAA #AA7E22

analogous

#2292AA #224EAA #3A22AA

triadic

#224EAA #AA224E #4EAA22

tetradic

#224EAA #AA2292 #AA7E22 #22AA3A

square

#224EAA #AA2292 #AA7E22 #22AA3A

split-complementary

#224EAA #AA3A22 #92AA22

monochromatic

#0E1F44 #183777 #224EAA #3368D6 #668EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#224EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#224EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EAA

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EAA	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#015AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.156 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737ec4',
    500: '#224eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224eaa;
$custom-light: #737ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44972,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EAA

secondary

#C6A662

accent

#B23EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090A13

muted

#7B7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EAA

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

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