#224c90

Color #224c90

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#224c90

RGB

rgb(34, 76, 144)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 61.8%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 76.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.4%, 47.2%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(32.97, 10.56, -41.84)

LCH

lch(32.97, 43.15, 284.17)

OKLCH

oklch(42.5%, 0.122, 259.66)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 13.3%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#906622

Analogous

#228390

#224c90

#2f2290

Triadic

#224c90

#90224c

#4c9022

Split-complementary

#224c90

#902f22

#839022

Tetradic

#224c90

#662290

#906622

#4c9022

Square

#224c90

#902283

#906622

#22902f

Shades

Color #224c90 mixed toward black.

#1c3f78

#173360

#112648

#0b1930

#060d18

Tints

Color #224c90 mixed toward white.

#2d64bd

#4c80d5

#79a0df

#a5c0ea

#d2dff4

Tones

Color #224c90 mixed toward gray.

#2b4e87

#34507e

#3d5274

#47556b

#505762

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#393984 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#363380 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#257876 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #224c90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#224c90]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#224c90 (#224c90) is rgb(34, 76, 144) in RGB.

No, #224c90 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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