#242B89#242B89

#242B89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.154 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B89
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 30.56, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 61.27, 299.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.006 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.154 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1053, 3.9084, 24.0947)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B89 #898224

analogous

#245E89 #242B89 #502489

triadic

#242B89 #89242B #2B8924

tetradic

#242B89 #89245E #898224 #248950

square

#242B89 #89245E #898224 #248950

split-complementary

#242B89 #895024 #5E8924

monochromatic

#0B0D28 #171C59 #242B89 #313AB9 #555ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#242B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#242B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B89

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B89	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.154 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f64ac',
    500: '#242b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b89;
$custom-light: #6f64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.842,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35184,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B89

secondary

#B7B052

accent

#D746E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B89

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

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