#242496#242496

#242496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.178 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242496
RGB	rgb(36, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(240, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 39.53, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 73.15, 302.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.008 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.178 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8616, 3.8381, 29.2275)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242496 #969624

analogous

#245D96 #242496 #5D2496

triadic

#242496 #962424 #249624

tetradic

#242496 #96245D #969624 #24965D

square

#242496 #96245D #969624 #24965D

split-complementary

#242496 #965D24 #5D9624

monochromatic

#0C0C33 #181865 #242496 #3030C7 #5C5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#242496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#242496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242496

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242496	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.178 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7360b6',
    500: '#242496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242496;
$custom-light: #7360b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35416,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242496

secondary

#BDBD59

accent

#E443E4

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #242496

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

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