#242B4E#242B4E

#242B4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.064 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B4E
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(230, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(230, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 44.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, 8.30, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 24.04, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.13% 0.0038 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(30.13% 0.064 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9661, 2.6527, 7.5620)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B4E #4E4724

analogous

#24404E #242B4E #32244E

triadic

#242B4E #4E242B #2B4E24

tetradic

#242B4E #4E2440 #4E4724 #244E32

square

#242B4E #4E2440 #4E4724 #244E32

split-complementary

#242B4E #4E3224 #404E24

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #111424 #242B4E #374278 #4B59A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#242B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#242B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B4E

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B4E	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#133238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.064 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626480',
    500: '#242b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b4e;
$custom-light: #626480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3013,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B4E

secondary

#81794C

accent

#BA5BCD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B4E

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

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