#224aea

Color #224aea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 22.36 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#224aea

RGB

rgb(34, 74, 234)

HSL

hsl(228, 82.6%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 85.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(39.88, 46.05, -83.41)

LCH

lch(39.88, 95.28, 298.9)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.2424, 265.86)

HWB

hwb(228, 13.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac222

Analogous

#22aeea

#224aea

#5e22ea

Triadic

#224aea

#ea224a

#4aea22

Split-complementary

#224aea

#ea5e22

#aeea22

Tetradic

#224aea

#c222ea

#eac222

#4aea22

Square

#224aea

#ea22ae

#eac222

#22ea5e

Shades

Color #224aea mixed toward black.

#1338cc

#102da3

#0c227a

#081751

#040b29

Tints

Color #224aea mixed toward white.

#4768ed

#6c86f1

#90a4f4

#b5c3f8

#dae1fb

Tones

Color #224aea mixed toward gray.

#3354d9

#435ec9

#5468b8

#6572a7

#757c97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3738d1 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#3532cb · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#25bbb5 · ΔE 47.5

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #224aea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#224aea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#224aea (#224aea) is rgb(34, 74, 234) in RGB.

No, #224aea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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