#242D9E#242D9E

#242D9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.179 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9E
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 36.92, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 72.03, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0024 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.179 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8354, 4.7196, 32.8392)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9E #9E9524

analogous

#246A9E #242D9E #58249E

triadic

#242D9E #9E242D #2D9E24

tetradic

#242D9E #9E246A #9E9524 #249E58

square

#242D9E #9E246A #9E9524 #249E58

split-complementary

#242D9E #9E5824 #6A9E24

monochromatic

#0D113A #191F6C #242D9E #2F3BD0 #616ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#242D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#242D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9E	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.179 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7466bc',
    500: '#242d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9e;
$custom-light: #7466bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.574,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37662,
    "c": 0.17906,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9E

secondary

#C0B95E

accent

#DA42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9E

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

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