#242A7D#242A7D

#242A7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.138 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A7D
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 125)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 26.76, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 54.80, 299.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0077 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.138 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2560, 3.5112, 19.7988)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A7D #7D7724

analogous

#24577D #242A7D #4B247D

triadic

#242A7D #7D242A #2A7D24

tetradic

#242A7D #7D2457 #7D7724 #247D4B

square

#242A7D #7D2457 #7D7724 #247D4B

split-complementary

#242A7D #7D4B24 #577D24

monochromatic

#090A1E #161A4D #242A7D #323AAD #4F58CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#242A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#242A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A7D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A7D	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.138 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c63a3',
    500: '#242a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a7d;
$custom-light: #6c63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.955,
    "s": 55.28,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33828,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A7D

secondary

#AFA94D

accent

#D549DF

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A7D

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

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