#224FB4#224FB4

#224FB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.168 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224FB4
RGB	rgb(34, 79, 180)
HSL	hsl(222, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 22.73, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 62.17, 291.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46% -0.0198 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.168 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6909, 9.2259, 44.3358)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224FB4 #B48722

analogous

#2298B4 #224FB4 #3E22B4

triadic

#224FB4 #B4224F #4FB422

tetradic

#224FB4 #B42298 #B48722 #22B43E

square

#224FB4 #B42298 #B48722 #22B43E

split-complementary

#224FB4 #B43E22 #98B422

monochromatic

#0F224D #183881 #224FB4 #3A6BDA #6D91E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#224FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#224FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224FB4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224FB4	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 79, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.168 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767fcb',
    500: '#224fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224fb4;
$custom-light: #767fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.507,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45995,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224FB4

secondary

#CAAC68

accent

#B53DEB

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF9

border

#C9C9D2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224FB4

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

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