#242BA6#242BA6

#242BA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.191 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242BA6
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 40.95, -66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 77.71, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0022 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.191 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4720, 4.8551, 36.5596)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242BA6 #A69F24

analogous

#246CA6 #242BA6 #5E24A6

triadic

#242BA6 #A6242B #2BA624

tetradic

#242BA6 #A6246C #A69F24 #24A65E

square

#242BA6 #A6246C #A69F24 #24A65E

split-complementary

#242BA6 #A65E24 #6CA624

monochromatic

#0E1141 #191E74 #242BA6 #343DD3 #666DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#242BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#242BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242BA6

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242BA6	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.191 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7665c2',
    500: '#242ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ba6;
$custom-light: #7665c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38196,
    "c": 0.19127,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242BA6

secondary

#C4BE62

accent

#DE40E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242BA6

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

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