#242E81#242E81

#242E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.139 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E81
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 25.56, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 54.43, 298.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0043 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.139 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6657, 3.9135, 21.2214)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E81 #817724

analogous

#245D81 #242E81 #482481

triadic

#242E81 #81242E #2E8124

tetradic

#242E81 #81245D #817724 #248148

square

#242E81 #81245D #817724 #248148

split-complementary

#242E81 #814824 #5D8124

monochromatic

#090C21 #171D51 #242E81 #313FB1 #515ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#242E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#242E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E81

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E81	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.139 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a6',
    500: '#242e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e81;
$custom-light: #6c66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.548,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34968,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E81

secondary

#B2A84E

accent

#CF48E0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E81

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

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