#242AAC#242AAC

#242AAC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.200 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242AAC
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 172)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 75.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 43.59, -68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 81.56, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0016 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.2 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9994, 5.0085, 39.5142)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242AAC #ACA624

analogous

#246EAC #242AAC #6224AC

triadic

#242AAC #AC242A #2AAC24

tetradic

#242AAC #AC246E #ACA624 #24AC62

square

#242AAC #AC246E #ACA624 #24AC62

split-complementary

#242AAC #AC6224 #6EAC24

monochromatic

#0F1147 #191E79 #242AAC #383FD5 #6A70E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#242AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#242AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242AAC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242AAC	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.200 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7865c6',
    500: '#242aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242aac;
$custom-light: #7865c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.353,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38702,
    "c": 0.19965,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242AAC

secondary

#C6C266

accent

#E13FE8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242AAC

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

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