#242A88#242A88

#242A88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A88
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 136)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 69.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 30.85, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 61.35, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0067 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.153 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9980, 3.8080, 23.7067)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A88 #888224

analogous

#245C88 #242A88 #502488

triadic

#242A88 #88242A #2A8824

tetradic

#242A88 #88245C #888224 #248850

square

#242A88 #88245C #888224 #248850

split-complementary

#242A88 #885024 #5C8824

monochromatic

#0A0C27 #171B58 #242A88 #3139B8 #555CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#242A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#242A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A88

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A88	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64ac',
    500: '#242a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a88;
$custom-light: #6e64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34907,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A88

secondary

#B6B052

accent

#D846E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A88

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

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