#242E84#242E84

#242E84 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.143 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E84
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 132)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 26.70, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 56.24, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0042 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.143 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8680, 3.9944, 22.2871)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E84 #847A24

analogous

#245E84 #242E84 #4A2484

triadic

#242E84 #84242E #2E8424

tetradic

#242E84 #84245E #847A24 #24844A

square

#242E84 #84245E #847A24 #24844A

split-complementary

#242E84 #844A24 #5E8424

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #171D54 #242E84 #313FB4 #5260D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#242E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#242E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E84

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E84	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.143 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a9',
    500: '#242e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e84;
$custom-light: #6d66a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3525,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E84

secondary

#B4AA50

accent

#D047E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E84

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

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