#242D86#242D86

#242D86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.147 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D86
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 134)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 28.12, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 58.13, 298.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0048 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.147 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9676, 3.9725, 23.0019)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D86 #867D24

analogous

#245E86 #242D86 #4C2486

triadic

#242D86 #86242D #2D8624

tetradic

#242D86 #86245E #867D24 #24864C

square

#242D86 #86245E #867D24 #24864C

split-complementary

#242D86 #864C24 #5E8624

monochromatic

#0A0D26 #171D56 #242D86 #313DB6 #535FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#242D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#242D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D86

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D86	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.147 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66aa',
    500: '#242d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d86;
$custom-light: #6e66aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.49,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35253,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D86

secondary

#B5AC51

accent

#D347E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D86

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

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