#242D9D#242D9D

#242D9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.178 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9D
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 36.56, -61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 71.47, 300.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0025 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.178 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7497, 4.6853, 32.3877)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9D #9D9424

analogous

#24699D #242D9D #57249D

triadic

#242D9D #9D242D #2D9D24

tetradic

#242D9D #9D2469 #9D9424 #249D57

square

#242D9D #9D2469 #9D9424 #249D57

split-complementary

#242D9D #9D5724 #699D24

monochromatic

#0D1039 #191F6B #242D9D #2F3BCF #616ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#242D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#242D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9D	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.178 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366bb',
    500: '#242d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9d;
$custom-light: #7366bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.537,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37558,
    "c": 0.17777,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9D

secondary

#C0B85D

accent

#DA42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9D

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

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