#242A89#242A89

#242A89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.155 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A89
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 31.22, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 61.94, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0066 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.155 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0694, 3.8365, 24.0827)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A89 #898324

analogous

#245D89 #242A89 #512489

triadic

#242A89 #89242A #2A8924

tetradic

#242A89 #89245D #898324 #248951

square

#242A89 #89245D #898324 #248951

split-complementary

#242A89 #895124 #5D8924

monochromatic

#0B0C28 #171B59 #242A89 #3139B9 #555CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#242A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#242A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A89

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A89	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.155 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64ac',
    500: '#242a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a89;
$custom-light: #6f64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.436,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35007,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A89

secondary

#B7B152

accent

#D846E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A89

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

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