#242D9F#242D9F

#242D9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.180 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D9F
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 37.27, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 72.59, 300.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0023 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.18 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9218, 4.7542, 33.2943)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D9F #9F9624

analogous

#246A9F #242D9F #58249F

triadic

#242D9F #9F242D #2D9F24

tetradic

#242D9F #9F246A #9F9624 #249F58

square

#242D9F #9F246A #9F9624 #249F58

split-complementary

#242D9F #9F5824 #6A9F24

monochromatic

#0D113B #191F6D #242D9F #303CD0 #626BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#242D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#242D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D9F

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D9F	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.180 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bd',
    500: '#242d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d9f;
$custom-light: #7467bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37766,
    "c": 0.18033,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D9F

secondary

#C1B95E

accent

#DA42E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D9F

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

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