#224EC9#224EC9

#224EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.197 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224EC9
RGB	rgb(34, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(224, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(224, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 31.46, -67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 74.76, 294.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% -0.0183 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.197 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9229, 10.0042, 56.4442)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224EC9 #C99D22

analogous

#22A1C9 #224EC9 #4A22C9

triadic

#224EC9 #C9224E #4EC922

tetradic

#224EC9 #C922A1 #C99D22 #22C94A

square

#224EC9 #C922A1 #C99D22 #22C94A

split-complementary

#224EC9 #C94A22 #A1C922

monochromatic

#102560 #193A95 #224EC9 #4870E0 #7C99E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#224EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#224EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224EC9

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224EC9	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.197 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7fda',
    500: '#224ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ec9;
$custom-light: #7b7fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.192,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47599,
    "c": 0.19714,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224EC9

secondary

#D1B976

accent

#BE3AEE

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#EFEEFB

border

#CAC9D4

text

#0B0A15

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #224EC9

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

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