#242B9F#242B9F

#242B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.182 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242B9F
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 38.50, -63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 73.85, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0032 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.182 271)
XYZ	xyz(7.8473, 4.6052, 33.2695)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242B9F #9F9824

analogous

#24689F #242B9F #5A249F

triadic

#242B9F #9F242B #2B9F24

tetradic

#242B9F #9F2468 #9F9824 #249F5A

square

#242B9F #9F2468 #9F9824 #249F5A

split-complementary

#242B9F #9F5A24 #689F24

monochromatic

#0D103B #191E6D #242B9F #3039D0 #6269DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#242B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#242B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242B9F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242B9F	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.182 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7465bd',
    500: '#242b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242b9f;
$custom-light: #7465bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.585,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37448,
    "c": 0.18248,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242B9F

secondary

#C1BB5E

accent

#DD42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242B9F

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

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