#242A9C#242A9C

#242A9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.180 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A9C
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 38.05, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 72.80, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0042 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.18 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5542, 4.4305, 31.9031)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A9C #9C9624

analogous

#24669C #242A9C #5A249C

triadic

#242A9C #9C242A #2A9C24

tetradic

#242A9C #9C2466 #9C9624 #249C5A

square

#242A9C #9C2466 #9C9624 #249C5A

split-complementary

#242A9C #9C5A24 #669C24

monochromatic

#0D0F39 #191D6A #242A9C #2F37CE #6066DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#242A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#242A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A9C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A9C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.180 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7364ba',
    500: '#242a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a9c;
$custom-light: #7364ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36973,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A9C

secondary

#BFBA5C

accent

#DD42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A9C

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

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