#242D9C#242D9C

#242D9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.176 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9C
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 36.20, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 70.90, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0027 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.176 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6646, 4.6513, 31.9399)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9C #9C9324

analogous

#24699C #242D9C #57249C

triadic

#242D9C #9C242D #2D9C24

tetradic

#242D9C #9C2469 #9C9324 #249C57

square

#242D9C #9C2469 #9C9324 #249C57

split-complementary

#242D9C #9C5724 #699C24

monochromatic

#0D1039 #191F6A #242D9C #2F3BCE #6069DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#242D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#242D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9C

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9C	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.176 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366ba',
    500: '#242d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9c;
$custom-light: #7366ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37455,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9C

secondary

#BFB85C

accent

#D942E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9C

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

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