#22509B#22509B

#22509B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.133 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22509B
RGB	rgb(34, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(217, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 12.22, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 47.04, 285.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% -0.0235 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.133 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4426, 8.4429, 32.1360)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22509B #9B6D22

analogous

#228D9B #22509B #31229B

triadic

#22509B #9B2250 #509B22

tetradic

#22509B #9B228D #9B6D22 #229B31

square

#22509B #9B228D #9B6D22 #229B31

split-complementary

#22509B #9B3122 #8D9B22

monochromatic

#0C1C37 #173669 #22509B #2D6ACD #5C8CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#22509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#22509B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #22509B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##22509B	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26589E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00626E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.133 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7080b9',
    500: '#22509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22509b;
$custom-light: #7080b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.19,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44257,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22509B

secondary

#C09959

accent

#A841E7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #22509B

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

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