#224F79#224F79

#224F79 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.086 H 249.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224F79
RGB	rgb(34, 79, 121)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 34.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, -0.44, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 28.39, 269.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% -0.0305 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.086 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9056, 7.3118, 19.1328)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224F79 #794C22

analogous

#227978 #224F79 #222379

triadic

#224F79 #79224F #4F7922

tetradic

#224F79 #782279 #794C22 #237922

square

#224F79 #782279 #794C22 #237922

split-complementary

#224F79 #792223 #797822

monochromatic

#071119 #153049 #224F79 #2F6EA9 #498DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#224F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#224F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224F79

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224F79	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C517B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 79, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.086 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6880a0',
    500: '#224f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224f79;
$custom-light: #6880a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41735,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224F79

secondary

#AC7A4B

accent

#9148DF

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEEF2

border

#C6C9CC

text

#070A0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #224F79

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

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