#224FB3#224FB3

#224FB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.167 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224FB3
RGB	rgb(34, 79, 179)
HSL	hsl(221, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(221, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 55.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 22.34, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 61.60, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% -0.0199 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.167 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5894, 9.1853, 43.8012)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224FB3 #B38622

analogous

#2298B3 #224FB3 #3D22B3

triadic

#224FB3 #B3224F #4FB322

tetradic

#224FB3 #B32298 #B38622 #22B33D

square

#224FB3 #B32298 #B38622 #22B33D

split-complementary

#224FB3 #B33D22 #98B322

monochromatic

#0E224C #183880 #224FB3 #396BD9 #6C91E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#224FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#224FB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224FB3

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224FB3	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 79, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.167 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767fca',
    500: '#224fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224fb3;
$custom-light: #767fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45912,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224FB3

secondary

#C9AB68

accent

#B53DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224FB3

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

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