#242B84#242B84

#242B84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.147 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B84
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 132)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 28.71, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 58.31, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0064 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.147 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7549, 3.7682, 22.2494)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B84 #847D24

analogous

#245B84 #242B84 #4D2484

triadic

#242B84 #84242B #2B8424

tetradic

#242B84 #84245B #847D24 #24844D

square

#242B84 #84245B #847D24 #24844D

split-complementary

#242B84 #844D24 #5B8424

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #171B54 #242B84 #313BB4 #525CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#242B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#242B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B84

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B84	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.147 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d64a9',
    500: '#242b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b84;
$custom-light: #6d64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.625,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34691,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B84

secondary

#B4AD50

accent

#D547E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B84

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

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