#242AA9#242AA9

#242AA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.196 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242AA9
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 42.56, -67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 79.94, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0021 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.196 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7145, 4.8946, 38.0139)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242AA9 #A9A324

analogous

#246DA9 #242AA9 #6024A9

triadic

#242AA9 #A9242A #2AA924

tetradic

#242AA9 #A9246D #A9A324 #24A960

square

#242AA9 #A9246D #A9A324 #24A960

split-complementary

#242AA9 #A96024 #6DA924

monochromatic

#0F1144 #191D77 #242AA9 #363DD4 #686EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#242AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#242AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242AA9

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242AA9	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.196 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7765c4',
    500: '#242aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242aa9;
$custom-light: #7765c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.293,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38373,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242AA9

secondary

#C5C064

accent

#E040E8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242AA9

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

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