#242BA9#242BA9

#242BA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.195 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242BA9
RGB	rgb(36, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 41.98, -67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 79.34, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0017 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.195 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7504, 4.9664, 38.0259)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242BA9 #A9A224

analogous

#246EA9 #242BA9 #5F24A9

triadic

#242BA9 #A9242B #2BA924

tetradic

#242BA9 #A9246E #A9A224 #24A95F

square

#242BA9 #A9246E #A9A224 #24A95F

split-complementary

#242BA9 #A95F24 #6EA924

monochromatic

#0F1144 #191E77 #242BA9 #363ED4 #686FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#242BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#242BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242BA9

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242BA9	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.195 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c4',
    500: '#242ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ba9;
$custom-light: #7766c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3852,
    "c": 0.19499,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242BA9

secondary

#C5C064

accent

#DF40E8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242BA9

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

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