#242B9C#242B9C

#242B9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.179 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B9C
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 37.44, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 72.17, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0037 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.179 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5901, 4.5023, 31.9151)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B9C #9C9524

analogous

#24679C #242B9C #59249C

triadic

#242B9C #9C242B #2B9C24

tetradic

#242B9C #9C2467 #9C9524 #249C59

square

#242B9C #9C2467 #9C9524 #249C59

split-complementary

#242B9C #9C5924 #679C24

monochromatic

#0D1039 #191D6A #242B9C #2F39CE #6067DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#242B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#242B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B9C

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B9C	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.179 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7365ba',
    500: '#242b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b9c;
$custom-light: #7365ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37131,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B9C

secondary

#BFBA5C

accent

#DC42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B9C

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

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