#242B85#242B85

#242B85 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.148 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B85
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 29.08, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 58.90, 299.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0063 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.148 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8236, 3.7957, 22.6115)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B85 #857E24

analogous

#245B85 #242B85 #4D2485

triadic

#242B85 #85242B #2B8524

tetradic

#242B85 #85245B #857E24 #24854D

square

#242B85 #85245B #857E24 #24854D

split-complementary

#242B85 #854D24 #5B8524

monochromatic

#0A0C25 #171B55 #242B85 #313BB5 #535CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#242B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#242B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B85

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B85	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.148 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e64a9',
    500: '#242b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b85;
$custom-light: #6e64a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.67,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34789,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B85

secondary

#B4AD50

accent

#D647E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B85

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

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