#224F9E#224F9E

#224F9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.138 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224F9E
RGB	rgb(34, 79, 158)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(218, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 50%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 14.08, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 49.42, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% -0.0222 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.138 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6250, 8.3996, 33.4551)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224F9E #9E7122

analogous

#228D9E #224F9E #33229E

triadic

#224F9E #9E224F #4F9E22

tetradic

#224F9E #9E228D #9E7122 #229E33

square

#224F9E #9E228D #9E7122 #229E33

split-complementary

#224F9E #9E3322 #8D9E22

monochromatic

#0C1D39 #17366C #224F9E #2D68D0 #5E8CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#224F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#224F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224F9E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224F9E	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2058A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 79, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.138 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707fbb',
    500: '#224f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224f9e;
$custom-light: #707fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.226,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44256,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224F9E

secondary

#C19C5B

accent

#AB40E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #224F9E

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

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