#242A85#242A85

#242A85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.149 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A85
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 29.74, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 59.58, 299.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.007 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.149 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7877, 3.7239, 22.5995)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A85 #857F24

analogous

#245A85 #242A85 #4E2485

triadic

#242A85 #85242A #2A8524

tetradic

#242A85 #85245A #857F24 #24854E

square

#242A85 #85245A #857F24 #24854E

split-complementary

#242A85 #854E24 #5A8524

monochromatic

#0A0C25 #171B55 #242A85 #3139B5 #535BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#242A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#242A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A85

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A85	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.149 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64a9',
    500: '#242a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a85;
$custom-light: #6e64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.289,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34608,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A85

secondary

#B4AE50

accent

#D747E1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A85

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

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