#242CAC#242CAC

#242CAC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.198 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242CAC
RGB	rgb(36, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 42.43, -68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 80.37, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0009 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.198 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0721, 5.1540, 39.5384)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242CAC #ACA424

analogous

#2470AC #242CAC #6024AC

triadic

#242CAC #AC242C #2CAC24

tetradic

#242CAC #AC2470 #ACA424 #24AC60

square

#242CAC #AC2470 #ACA424 #24AC60

split-complementary

#242CAC #AC6024 #70AC24

monochromatic

#0F1247 #191F79 #242CAC #3841D5 #6A71E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#242CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#242CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242CAC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242CAC	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.198 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7766c6',
    500: '#242cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242cac;
$custom-light: #7766c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38993,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242CAC

secondary

#C6C066

accent

#DE3FE8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242CAC

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

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