#242E4E#242E4E

#242E4E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.059 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E4E
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(226, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(226, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 41%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 6.15, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 21.93, 286.29°)
OKLab	oklab(30.87% -0.0005 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(30.87% 0.059 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0793, 2.8789, 7.5997)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E4E #4E4424

analogous

#24434E #242E4E #2F244E

triadic

#242E4E #4E242E #2E4E24

tetradic

#242E4E #4E2443 #4E4424 #244E2F

square

#242E4E #4E2443 #4E4424 #244E2F

split-complementary

#242E4E #4E2F24 #434E24

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #111524 #242E4E #374778 #4B5FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#242E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#242E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E4E

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E4E	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22314F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13353A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.059 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626680',
    500: '#242e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e4e;
$custom-light: #626680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30866,
    "c": 0.0594,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E4E

secondary

#81754C

accent

#B25BCD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#05050A

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E4E

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

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