#224b8f Hex Color Code

The hexadecimal color code #224b8f is a medium dark shade of cyan-blue. In the RGB color model #224b8f is comprised of 13.33% red, 29.41% green and 56.08% blue. In the HSL color space #224b8f has a hue of 217° (degrees), 62% saturation and 35% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 473.01 nm.

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Color Variations

• Inverted
  #ddb470
• 25% saturated
  #14489d
• Grayscale
  #595959
• 25% lighter
  #2a5eb3
• Original
  #224b8f
• 25% darker
  #1b3c72
• Web safe: blue
  #0000ff / #00f
• 25% desaturated
  #2d4e84
• HTML: darkslateblue
  #483d8b

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  4. YInMn Blue
     #2e5090
  5. Medium electric blue
     #035096

• Intermediately Related

  1. Magic Potion
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     #c23b22
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     #391802
  4. Titanium
     #878681
  5. Nintendo red
     #e4000f

• Distantly Related

  1. Canary
     #ffff99 / #ff9
  2. Lemon yellow (Crayola)
     #ffff9f
  3. Electric yellow
     #ffff33 / #ff3
  4. Daffodil
     #ffff31
  5. Calamansi
     #fcffa4

Color Schemes

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• Complement

  • #aab100

• Analogous

  • #006ab1
  • #5e3978

• Split

  • #3b8b26
  • #af7102

• Triad

  • #00b16f
  • #903c21

• Square

  • #872a3d
  • #aab100
  • #00afb1

• Tetradic

  • #832e62
  • #aab100
  • #00b16f

#224b8f linear gradient to complementary #aab100

1. #224b8f
2. #4e5a80
3. #686a71
4. #7c7b60
5. #8d8c4e
6. #9c9f35
7. #aab100

Monochromatic Colors

1. #063e80
2. #124285
3. #1b478a
4. #224b8f
5. #294f94
6. #2f5499
7. #35589e

Tones

1. #224b8f
2. #334d86
3. #3f4f7d
4. #485274
5. #4f546b
6. #545662
7. #595959

Tints and Shades

#224b8f to white

1. #224b8f
2. #5066a1
3. #7482b4
4. #97a0c6
5. #b9bed9
6. #dcdeec
7. #ffffff / #fff

#224b8f to black

1. #224b8f
2. #213f76
3. #1f335d
4. #1b2746
5. #161d30
6. #0f111c
7. #000000 / #000

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83. Fired Earth

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84. Evonik-Degussa

    243A Dynasty
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Color Blindness Simulation

Monochromacy

• Achromatopsia
  #464646
• Achromatomaly
  #364967

Dichromacy

• Protanopia
  #34347f
• Deuteranopia
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• Tritanopia
  #24726f

Trichromacy

• Protanomaly
  #2b3d87
• Deuteranomaly
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• Tritanomaly
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#224b8f HTML / CSS Code Examples

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Color Charts

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Color Space Conversions

Decimal

2247567

Binary

00100010, 01001011, 10001111

Hexadecimal

#224b8f

LRV

≈ 7.4%

Closest short hex

#248 ΔE = 2.827

RGB

rgb(34, 75, 143)

RGBA

rgba(34, 75, 143, 1.0)

rg chromaticity

r: 0.135, g: 0.298, b: 0.567

RYB

red: 13.333%, yellow: 25.017%, blue: 56.078%

Android / android.graphics.Color

-14529649 / 0xff224b8f

HSL

hsl(217, 62%, 35%)

HSLA

hsla(217, 62%, 35%, 1.0)

HSV / HSB

hue: 217° (217.431), saturation: 76% (0.762), value: 56% (0.561)

HSP

hue: 217.431, saturation: 76.224%, perceived brightness: 30.322%

HSL_uv (HUSL)

H: 255.726, S: 84.598, L: 32.601

Cubehelix

H: -145.008, S: 0.801, L: 0.275

TSL

T: -1.997, S: 0.270, L: 0.276

CMYK

cyan: 76% (0.762), magenta: 48% (0.476), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 44% (0.439)

CMY

cyan: 87% (0.867), magenta: 71% (0.706), yellow: 44% (0.439)

XYZ

X: 8.132, Y: 7.354, Z: 26.972

xyY

x: 0.192, y: 0.173, Y: 7.354

CIELab

L: 32.601, a: 10.835, b: -41.813

CIELuv

L: 32.601, u: -14.700, v: -57.779

CIELCH / LCHab

L: 32.601, C: 43.194, H: 284.527

CIELUV / LCHuv

L: 32.601, C: 59.619, H: 255.726

Hunter-Lab

L: 27.119, a: 6.066, b: -39.985

CIECAM02

J: 23.046, C: 48.725, h: 254.929, Q: 94.582, M: 42.609, s: 67.119, H: 308.478

OSA-UCS

lightness: -10.455, jaune: -7.426, green: 1.863

LMS

L: 4.738, M: 6.927, S: 26.649

YCbCr

Y: 76.552, Cb: 163.920, Cr: 105.173

YCoCg

Y: 81.750, Cg: -6.750, Co: -18.750

YDbDr

Y: 70.493, Db: 109.094, Dr: 69.409

YPbPr

Y: 71.163, Pb: 38.715, Pr: -23.628

xvYCC

Y: 77.116, Cb: 162.008, Cr: 107.244

YIQ

Y: 70.493, I: -46.270, Q: 12.487

YUV

Y: 70.493, U: 35.681, V: -32.016

Okhsl

h: 259.976, s: 0.750, l: 0.333

Okhsv

h: 259.976. s: 0.790, v: 0.569

Okhwb

h: 259.976, w: 0.119, b: 0.431

Oklab

l: 0.422, a: -0.021, b: -0.120

Oklch

l: 0.422, c: 0.122, h: 259.976

Munsell Color System

7.5PB 3/10 ΔE = 3.048

Brand Color

Walmart ΔE = 2.175

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