#242DA6#242DA6

#242DA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.189 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242DA6
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 166)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 39.75, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 76.48, 301.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0013 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.189 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5465, 5.0041, 36.5845)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242DA6 #A69D24

analogous

#246EA6 #242DA6 #5C24A6

triadic

#242DA6 #A6242D #2DA624

tetradic

#242DA6 #A6246E #A69D24 #24A65C

square

#242DA6 #A6246E #A69D24 #24A65C

split-complementary

#242DA6 #A65C24 #6EA624

monochromatic

#0E1241 #191F74 #242DA6 #343FD3 #666FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#242DA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#242DA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242DA6

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242DA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242DA6	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242da6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.189 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667c2',
    500: '#242da6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242da6;
$custom-light: #7667c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242da6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38502,
    "c": 0.18921,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242DA6

secondary

#C4BD62

accent

#DC40E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242DA6

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

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