#242E7E#242E7E

#242E7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.134 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E7E
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 126)
HSL	hsl(233, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(233, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 63.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 24.42, -46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 52.61, 297.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0044 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.134 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4692, 3.8349, 20.1866)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E7E #7E7424

analogous

#245B7E #242E7E #47247E

triadic

#242E7E #7E242E #2E7E24

tetradic

#242E7E #7E245B #7E7424 #247E47

square

#242E7E #7E245B #7E7424 #247E47

split-complementary

#242E7E #7E4724 #5B7E24

monochromatic

#090B1F #161D4E #242E7E #323FAE #505DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#242E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#242E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E7E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E7E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.134 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a4',
    500: '#242e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e7e;
$custom-light: #6c66a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3469,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E7E

secondary

#B0A54E

accent

#CE49DF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E7E

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

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