#242A91#242A91

#242A91 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.165 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A91
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 145)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 71%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 34.13, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 66.58, 300.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0057 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.165 272)
XYZ	xyz(6.6646, 4.0746, 27.2178)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A91 #918B24

analogous

#246091 #242A91 #542491

triadic

#242A91 #91242A #2A9124

tetradic

#242A91 #912460 #918B24 #249154

square

#242A91 #912460 #918B24 #249154

split-complementary

#242A91 #915424 #609124

monochromatic

#0C0E2F #181C60 #242A91 #3038C2 #5960D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#242A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#242A91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A91

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A91	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.165 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7164b2',
    500: '#242a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a91;
$custom-light: #7164b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.697,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35822,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A91

secondary

#BAB556

accent

#DB44E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A91

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

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