#242E7A#242E7A

#242E7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.129 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E7A
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 122)
HSL	hsl(233, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(233, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 22.89, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 50.16, 297.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.0045 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.129 272)
XYZ	xyz(5.2162, 3.7337, 18.8544)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E7A #7A7024

analogous

#24597A #242E7A #45247A

triadic

#242E7A #7A242E #2E7A24

tetradic

#242E7A #7A2459 #7A7024 #247A45

square

#242E7A #7A2459 #7A7024 #247A45

split-complementary

#242E7A #7A4524 #597A24

monochromatic

#080A1B #161C4B #242E7A #3240A9 #4E5CCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#242E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#242E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E7A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E7A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.129 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b66a1',
    500: '#242e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e7a;
$custom-light: #6b66a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.023,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34325,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.03734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E7A

secondary

#ACA14D

accent

#CD4ADE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF3

border

#C7C6CD

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E7A

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

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