#242C9F#242C9F

#242C9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.181 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242C9F
RGB	rgb(36, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 37.89, -62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 73.22, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0028 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.181 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8841, 4.6788, 33.2817)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242C9F #9F9724

analogous

#24699F #242C9F #5A249F

triadic

#242C9F #9F242C #2C9F24

tetradic

#242C9F #9F2469 #9F9724 #249F5A

square

#242C9F #9F2469 #9F9724 #249F5A

split-complementary

#242C9F #9F5A24 #699F24

monochromatic

#0D103B #191E6D #242C9F #303AD0 #626ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#242C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#242C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242C9F

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242C9F	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	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: #242c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.181 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466bd',
    500: '#242c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242c9f;
$custom-light: #7466bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.098,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37606,
    "c": 0.18141,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242C9F

secondary

#C1BA5E

accent

#DB42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242C9F

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

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