#224EB4#224EB4

#224EB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.169 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EB4
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 180)
HSL	hsl(222, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 56.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, 23.40, -58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 62.83, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% -0.0192 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.169 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6194, 9.0828, 44.3119)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EB4 #B48822

analogous

#2297B4 #224EB4 #3F22B4

triadic

#224EB4 #B4224E #4EB422

tetradic

#224EB4 #B42297 #B48822 #22B43F

square

#224EB4 #B42297 #B48822 #22B43F

split-complementary

#224EB4 #B43F22 #97B422

monochromatic

#0F214D #183881 #224EB4 #3A6ADA #6D91E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#224EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#224EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EB4

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EB4	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.169 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767fcb',
    500: '#224eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224eb4;
$custom-light: #767fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.918,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45789,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EB4

secondary

#CAAC68

accent

#B73DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EB4

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

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