#22509E#22509E

#22509E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.137 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#22509E
RGB	rgb(34, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(218, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 49.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 13.41, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 48.78, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% -0.023 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.137 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6977, 8.5449, 33.4794)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#22509E #9E7022

analogous

#228E9E #22509E #32229E

triadic

#22509E #9E2250 #509E22

tetradic

#22509E #9E228E #9E7022 #229E32

square

#22509E #9E228E #9E7022 #229E32

split-complementary

#22509E #9E3222 #8E9E22

monochromatic

#0C1D39 #17366C #22509E #2D69D0 #5E8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#22509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#22509E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #22509E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##22509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##22509E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2359A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #22509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.137 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7080bb',
    500: '#22509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #22509e;
$custom-light: #7080bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#22509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4448,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#22509E

secondary

#C19B5B

accent

#A940E8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #22509E

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

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