#224EB5#224EB5

#224EB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.171 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EB5
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 181)
HSL	hsl(222, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.22, 23.79, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.22, 63.40, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% -0.0191 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.171 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7216, 9.1237, 44.8504)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EB5 #B58922

analogous

#2297B5 #224EB5 #4022B5

triadic

#224EB5 #B5224E #4EB522

tetradic

#224EB5 #B52297 #B58922 #22B540

square

#224EB5 #B52297 #B58922 #22B540

split-complementary

#224EB5 #B54022 #97B522

monochromatic

#0F224E #183881 #224EB5 #3A6ADA #6E91E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#224EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#224EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EB5

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EB5	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00687A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.171 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767fcc',
    500: '#224eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224eb5;
$custom-light: #767fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.041,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45873,
    "c": 0.17082,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EB5

secondary

#CAAD69

accent

#B73DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EB5

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

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