#242B74#242B74

#242B74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.124 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B74
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 116)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 62.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.44, 22.68, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.44, 48.58, 297.83°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% 0.0073 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.124 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7428, 3.3634, 16.9189)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B74 #746D24

analogous

#245374 #242B74 #452474

triadic

#242B74 #74242B #2B7424

tetradic

#242B74 #742453 #746D24 #247445

square

#242B74 #742453 #746D24 #247445

split-complementary

#242B74 #744524 #537424

monochromatic

#070917 #161A45 #242B74 #323CA3 #4B56C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#242B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#242B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B74

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B74	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.124 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a649d',
    500: '#242b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b74;
$custom-light: #6a649d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.75,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33181,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B74

secondary

#A79F4D

accent

#CF4CDC

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECEAF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B74

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

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