#242E36#242E36

#242E36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.020 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E36
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(207, 20%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(207, 33%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, -1.96, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 6.81, 253.28°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% -0.0093 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.02 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3702, 2.5953, 3.8654)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E36 #362C24

analogous

#243635 #242E36 #242536

triadic

#242E36 #36242E #2E3624

tetradic

#242E36 #352436 #362C24 #253624

square

#242E36 #352436 #362C24 #253624

split-complementary

#242E36 #362425 #363524

monochromatic

#0C1012 #0C1012 #242E36 #3C4D5B #556D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#242E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#242E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E36

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E36	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.020 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f666d',
    500: '#242e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e36;
$custom-light: #5f666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29526,
    "c": 0.02009,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E36

secondary

#68594E

accent

#8F6BBD

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E36

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

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