#242AA8#242AA8

#242AA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.195 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242AA8
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 42.22, -67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 79.40, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0023 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.195 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6210, 4.8572, 37.5214)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242AA8 #A8A224

analogous

#246CA8 #242AA8 #6024A8

triadic

#242AA8 #A8242A #2AA824

tetradic

#242AA8 #A8246C #A8A224 #24A860

square

#242AA8 #A8246C #A8A224 #24A860

split-complementary

#242AA8 #A86024 #6CA824

monochromatic

#0E1143 #191D76 #242AA8 #353DD4 #686DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#242AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#242AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242AA8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242AA8	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.195 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c3',
    500: '#242aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242aa8;
$custom-light: #7765c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38264,
    "c": 0.19475,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242AA8

secondary

#C4C063

accent

#E040E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242AA8

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

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