#242A79#242A79

#242A79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.133 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A79
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 25.26, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 52.37, 298.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.008 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.133 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0056, 3.4110, 18.4801)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A79 #797324

analogous

#245479 #242A79 #482479

triadic

#242A79 #79242A #2A7924

tetradic

#242A79 #792454 #797324 #247948

square

#242A79 #792454 #797324 #247948

split-complementary

#242A79 #794824 #547924

monochromatic

#08091B #161A4A #242A79 #323AA8 #4D56CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#242A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#242A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A79

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A79	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.133 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b63a0',
    500: '#242a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a79;
$custom-light: #6b63a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.765,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33448,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A79

secondary

#ACA54D

accent

#D34ADE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF3

border

#C7C6CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A79

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

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