#224F81#224F81

#224F81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.097 H 253.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224F81
RGB	rgb(34, 79, 129)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 2.65, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 32.75, 274.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% -0.0282 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.097 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4166, 7.5162, 21.8245)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224F81 #815422

analogous

#227F81 #224F81 #252281

triadic

#224F81 #81224F #4F8122

tetradic

#224F81 #81227F #815422 #228125

square

#224F81 #81227F #815422 #228125

split-complementary

#224F81 #812522 #7F8122

monochromatic

#081420 #153151 #224F81 #2F6DB1 #4D8BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#224F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#224F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224F81

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224F81	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 79, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.097 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a80a6',
    500: '#224f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224f81;
$custom-light: #6a80a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42232,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224F81

secondary

#B3824B

accent

#9846E1

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #224F81

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

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