#242D7E#242D7E

#242D7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.136 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D7E
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 126)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 25.11, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 53.31, 298.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0053 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.136 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4306, 3.7577, 20.1737)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D7E #7E7524

analogous

#245A7E #242D7E #48247E

triadic

#242D7E #7E242D #2D7E24

tetradic

#242D7E #7E245A #7E7524 #247E48

square

#242D7E #7E245A #7E7524 #247E48

split-complementary

#242D7E #7E4824 #5A7E24

monochromatic

#090B1F #161C4E #242D7E #323EAE #505CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#242D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#242D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D7E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D7E	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.136 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a4',
    500: '#242d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d7e;
$custom-light: #6c66a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34495,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D7E

secondary

#B0A64E

accent

#D049DF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D7E

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

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