#242A4E#242A4E

#242A4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.066 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A4E
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(231, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 46.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 9.02, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 24.76, 291.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0053 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.066 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9302, 2.5809, 7.5500)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A4E #4E4824

analogous

#243F4E #242A4E #33244E

triadic

#242A4E #4E242A #2A4E24

tetradic

#242A4E #4E243F #4E4824 #244E33

square

#242A4E #4E243F #4E4824 #244E33

split-complementary

#242A4E #4E3324 #3F4E24

monochromatic

#0A0B15 #111324 #242A4E #374178 #4B57A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#242A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#242A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A4E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A4E	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#143238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.066 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626380',
    500: '#242a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a4e;
$custom-light: #626380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29889,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A4E

secondary

#817A4C

accent

#BD5BCD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A4E

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

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