#242D9B#242D9B

#242D9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.175 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9B
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 35.84, -60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 70.33, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0028 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.175 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5803, 4.6176, 31.4958)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9B #9B9224

analogous

#24699B #242D9B #56249B

triadic

#242D9B #9B242D #2D9B24

tetradic

#242D9B #9B2469 #9B9224 #249B56

square

#242D9B #9B2469 #9B9224 #249B56

split-complementary

#242D9B #9B5624 #699B24

monochromatic

#0D1038 #181F69 #242D9B #303BCD #5F69DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#242D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#242D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9B

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9B	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.175 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366ba',
    500: '#242d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9b;
$custom-light: #7366ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.462,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37351,
    "c": 0.17518,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9B

secondary

#BFB75C

accent

#D942E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9B

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

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