#224EAE#224EAE

#224EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.161 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EAE
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 174)
HSL	hsl(221, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(221, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 21.06, -55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 59.37, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.0196 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.161 263)
XYZ	xyz(11.0213, 8.8435, 41.1623)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EAE #AE8222

analogous

#2294AE #224EAE #3C22AE

triadic

#224EAE #AE224E #4EAE22

tetradic

#224EAE #AE2294 #AE8222 #22AE3C

square

#224EAE #AE2294 #AE8222 #22AE3C

split-complementary

#224EAE #AE3C22 #94AE22

monochromatic

#0E2048 #18377B #224EAE #3668D8 #698FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#224EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#224EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EAE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EAE	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.161 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747ec7',
    500: '#224eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224eae;
$custom-light: #747ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45295,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.08845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EAE

secondary

#C7A864

accent

#B43EEA

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EAE

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

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