#242D80#242D80

#242D80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.139 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D80
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 25.86, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 54.52, 298.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0052 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.139 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5609, 3.8098, 20.8602)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D80 #807724

analogous

#245B80 #242D80 #492480

triadic

#242D80 #80242D #2D8024

tetradic

#242D80 #80245B #807724 #248049

square

#242D80 #80245B #807724 #248049

split-complementary

#242D80 #804924 #5B8024

monochromatic

#090B20 #171C50 #242D80 #313EB0 #505DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#242D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#242D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D80

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D80	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.139 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a6',
    500: '#242d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d80;
$custom-light: #6c66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.13,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34682,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D80

secondary

#B2A84E

accent

#D148DF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D80

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

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