#242E83#242E83

#242E83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.142 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E83
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 26.32, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 55.64, 298.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0043 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.142 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7999, 3.9672, 21.9284)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E83 #837924

analogous

#245E83 #242E83 #492483

triadic

#242E83 #83242E #2E8324

tetradic

#242E83 #83245E #837924 #248349

square

#242E83 #83245E #837924 #248349

split-complementary

#242E83 #834924 #5E8324

monochromatic

#0A0C23 #171D53 #242E83 #313FB3 #525FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#242E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#242E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E83

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E83	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.142 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a8',
    500: '#242e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e83;
$custom-light: #6d66a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 56.886,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35155,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E83

secondary

#B3A94F

accent

#D048E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E83

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

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