#242C91#242C91

#242C91 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.163 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242C91
RGB	rgb(36, 44, 145)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 32.85, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 65.26, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0045 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.163 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7373, 4.2201, 27.2421)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242C91 #918924

analogous

#246391 #242C91 #522491

triadic

#242C91 #91242C #2C9124

tetradic

#242C91 #912463 #918924 #249152

square

#242C91 #912463 #918924 #249152

split-complementary

#242C91 #915224 #639124

monochromatic

#0C0E2F #181D60 #242C91 #303BC2 #5963D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#242C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#242C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242C91

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242C91	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 44, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.163 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b2',
    500: '#242c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242c91;
$custom-light: #7165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.596,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36161,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242C91

secondary

#BAB356

accent

#D844E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #242C91

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

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