#242DA9#242DA9

#242DA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.193 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242DA9
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 169)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 40.80, -66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 78.13, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0009 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.193 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8249, 5.1154, 38.0507)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242DA9 #A9A024

analogous

#246FA9 #242DA9 #5E24A9

triadic

#242DA9 #A9242D #2DA924

tetradic

#242DA9 #A9246F #A9A024 #24A95E

square

#242DA9 #A9246F #A9A024 #24A95E

split-complementary

#242DA9 #A95E24 #6FA924

monochromatic

#0F1244 #192077 #242DA9 #3641D4 #6870DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#242DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#242DA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242DA9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242DA9	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.193 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7767c4',
    500: '#242da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242da9;
$custom-light: #7767c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.94,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38821,
    "c": 0.19297,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242DA9

secondary

#C5BE64

accent

#DC40E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242DA9

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

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