#242A74#242A74

#242A74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.125 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A74
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 116)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(236, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 23.37, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 49.30, 298.30°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% 0.0082 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.125 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7069, 3.2915, 16.9069)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A74 #746E24

analogous

#245274 #242A74 #462474

triadic

#242A74 #74242A #2A7424

tetradic

#242A74 #742452 #746E24 #247446

square

#242A74 #742452 #746E24 #247446

split-complementary

#242A74 #744624 #527424

monochromatic

#070817 #161945 #242A74 #323BA3 #4B54C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#242A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#242A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A74

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A74	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.125 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a639d',
    500: '#242a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a74;
$custom-light: #6a639d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32983,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A74

secondary

#A7A04D

accent

#D14CDC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECEAF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A74

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

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