#242D9A#242D9A

#242D9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.174 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9A
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 35.48, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 69.77, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0029 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.174 271)
XYZ	xyz(7.4967, 4.5841, 31.0553)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9A #9A9124

analogous

#24689A #242D9A #56249A

triadic

#242D9A #9A242D #2D9A24

tetradic

#242D9A #9A2468 #9A9124 #249A56

square

#242D9A #9A2468 #9A9124 #249A56

split-complementary

#242D9A #9A5624 #689A24

monochromatic

#0D1037 #181F68 #242D9A #303BCC #5F68DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#242D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#242D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9A	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.174 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b9',
    500: '#242d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9a;
$custom-light: #7366b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.424,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.04585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9A

secondary

#BFB75B

accent

#D943E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9A

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

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