#242D79#242D79

#242D79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.129 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D79
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(234, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(234, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 23.20, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 50.25, 297.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0054 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.129 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1160, 3.6318, 18.5169)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D79 #797024

analogous

#245779 #242D79 #452479

triadic

#242D79 #79242D #2D7924

tetradic

#242D79 #792457 #797024 #247945

square

#242D79 #792457 #797024 #247945

split-complementary

#242D79 #794524 #577924

monochromatic

#080A1B #161B4A #242D79 #323FA8 #4D5ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#242D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#242D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D79

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D79	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.129 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b65a0',
    500: '#242d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d79;
$custom-light: #6b65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.647,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34034,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D79

secondary

#ACA24D

accent

#CE4ADE

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D79

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

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