#224ba7

Color #224ba7

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#224ba7

RGB

rgb(34, 75, 167)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 66.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 79.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.6%, 55.1%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(34.32, 20.32, -53.55)

LCH

lch(34.32, 57.28, 290.78)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.1556, 263.32)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 13.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a77e22

Analogous

#228da7

#224ba7

#3b22a7

Triadic

#224ba7

#a7224b

#4ba722

Split-complementary

#224ba7

#a73b22

#8da722

Tetradic

#224ba7

#7e22a7

#a77e22

#4ba722

Square

#224ba7

#a7228d

#a77e22

#22a73b

Shades

Color #224ba7 mixed toward black.

#1c3e8b

#17326f

#112553

#0b1938

#060c1c

Tints

Color #224ba7 mixed toward white.

#2b5ed2

#547edc

#7f9ee5

#a9beee

#d4dff6

Tones

Color #224ba7 mixed toward gray.

#2d4f9c

#385391

#435886

#4e5c7b

#596070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383897 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#363293 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#258985 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 25.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #224ba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#224ba7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#224ba7 (#224ba7) is rgb(34, 75, 167) in RGB.

No, #224ba7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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