#242CAE#242CAE

#242CAE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.200 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242CAE
RGB	rgb(36, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 43.12, -69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 81.45, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0006 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.2 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2656, 5.2314, 40.5576)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242CAE #AEA624

analogous

#2471AE #242CAE #6124AE

triadic

#242CAE #AE242C #2CAE24

tetradic

#242CAE #AE2471 #AEA624 #24AE61

square

#242CAE #AE2471 #AEA624 #24AE61

split-complementary

#242CAE #AE6124 #71AE24

monochromatic

#0F1249 #1A1F7B #242CAE #3942D6 #6C73E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#242CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#242CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242CAE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242CAE	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.200 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7867c7',
    500: '#242cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242cae;
$custom-light: #7867c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3921,
    "c": 0.20015,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242CAE

secondary

#C7C167

accent

#DF3FE9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242CAE

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

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