#242A9A#242A9A

#242A9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.177 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A9A
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 37.34, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 71.68, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0045 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.177 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3863, 4.3633, 31.0185)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A9A #9A9424

analogous

#24659A #242A9A #59249A

triadic

#242A9A #9A242A #2A9A24

tetradic

#242A9A #9A2465 #9A9424 #249A59

square

#242A9A #9A2465 #9A9424 #249A59

split-complementary

#242A9A #9A5924 #659A24

monochromatic

#0D0F37 #181C68 #242A9A #3038CC #5F65DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#242A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#242A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A9A

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A9A	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.177 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364b9',
    500: '#242a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a9a;
$custom-light: #7364b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.949,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36761,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A9A

secondary

#BFB95B

accent

#DD43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A9A

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

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