#242B9A#242B9A

#242B9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B9A
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 36.73, -60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 71.05, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0039 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.176 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4222, 4.4351, 31.0305)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B9A #9A9324

analogous

#24669A #242B9A #58249A

triadic

#242B9A #9A242B #2B9A24

tetradic

#242B9A #9A2466 #9A9324 #249A58

square

#242B9A #9A2466 #9A9324 #249A58

split-complementary

#242B9A #9A5824 #669A24

monochromatic

#0D0F37 #181D68 #242B9A #3039CC #5F66DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#242B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#242B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B9A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B9A	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365b9',
    500: '#242b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b9a;
$custom-light: #7365b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.441,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36921,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B9A

secondary

#BFB95B

accent

#DC43E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090512

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B9A

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

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