#242E79#242E79

#242E79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.127 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E79
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(233, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(233, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 22.51, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 49.54, 297.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.0045 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.127 272)
XYZ	xyz(5.1546, 3.7091, 18.5297)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E79 #796F24

analogous

#245879 #242E79 #442479

triadic

#242E79 #79242E #2E7924

tetradic

#242E79 #792458 #796F24 #247944

square

#242E79 #792458 #796F24 #247944

split-complementary

#242E79 #794424 #587924

monochromatic

#080A1B #161C4A #242E79 #3240A8 #4D5CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#242E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#242E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E79

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E79	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.127 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a66a0',
    500: '#242e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e79;
$custom-light: #6a66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34234,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.0371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E79

secondary

#ACA04D

accent

#CC4ADE

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E79

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

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