#242AA7#242AA7

#242AA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.194 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242AA7
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 167)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 41.88, -66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 78.86, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0025 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.194 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5282, 4.8201, 37.0326)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242AA7 #A7A124

analogous

#246CA7 #242AA7 #6024A7

triadic

#242AA7 #A7242A #2AA724

tetradic

#242AA7 #A7246C #A7A124 #24A760

square

#242AA7 #A7246C #A7A124 #24A760

split-complementary

#242AA7 #A76024 #6CA724

monochromatic

#0E1142 #191D75 #242AA7 #353CD3 #676DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#242AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#242AA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242AA7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242AA7	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.194 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c2',
    500: '#242aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242aa7;
$custom-light: #7665c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.252,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38155,
    "c": 0.19352,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242AA7

secondary

#C4C063

accent

#E040E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242AA7

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

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