#242AA6#242AA6

#242AA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.192 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242AA6
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 41.53, -66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 78.32, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0026 -0.1923)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.192 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4361, 4.7832, 36.5476)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242AA6 #A6A024

analogous

#246BA6 #242AA6 #5F24A6

triadic

#242AA6 #A6242A #2AA624

tetradic

#242AA6 #A6246B #A6A024 #24A65F

square

#242AA6 #A6246B #A6A024 #24A65F

split-complementary

#242AA6 #A65F24 #6BA624

monochromatic

#0E1141 #191D74 #242AA6 #343CD3 #666CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#242AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#242AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242AA6

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242AA6	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.192 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c2',
    500: '#242aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242aa6;
$custom-light: #7665c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38047,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242AA6

secondary

#C4BF62

accent

#E040E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242AA6

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

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