#242174#242174

#242174 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.137 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242174
RGB	rgb(36, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.90, 29.41, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.90, 55.55, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0157 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.137 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4228, 2.7234, 16.8122)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242174 #717421

analogous

#214874 #242174 #4E2174

triadic

#242174 #742421 #217424

tetradic

#242174 #742148 #717421 #21744E

square

#242174 #742148 #717421 #21744E

split-complementary

#242174 #744E21 #487421

monochromatic

#070718 #151344 #242174 #332FA4 #4A45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#242174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#242174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242174

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242174	1.00	13.59	1.54	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.137 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a5d9d',
    500: '#242174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242174;
$custom-light: #6a5d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.169,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31323,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242174

secondary

#A4A749

accent

#DF49DA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242174

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

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