#242A72#242A72

#242A72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.122 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A72
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(235, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 22.61, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 48.06, 298.07°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0083 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.122 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5918, 3.2455, 16.3008)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A72 #726C24

analogous

#245172 #242A72 #452472

triadic

#242A72 #72242A #2A7224

tetradic

#242A72 #722451 #726C24 #247245

square

#242A72 #722451 #726C24 #247245

split-complementary

#242A72 #724524 #517224

monochromatic

#070917 #151943 #242A72 #333BA1 #4A54C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#242A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#242A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A72

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A72	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.122 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69639b',
    500: '#242a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a72;
$custom-light: #69639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.328,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A72

secondary

#A59E4D

accent

#D04CDB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A72

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

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