#242E86#242E86

#242E86 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.146 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E86
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 27.45, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 57.44, 298.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0041 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.146 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0062, 4.0497, 23.0148)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E86 #867C24

analogous

#245F86 #242E86 #4B2486

triadic

#242E86 #86242E #2E8624

tetradic

#242E86 #86245F #867C24 #24864B

square

#242E86 #86245F #867C24 #24864B

split-complementary

#242E86 #864B24 #5F8624

monochromatic

#0A0D26 #171D56 #242E86 #313FB6 #5360D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#242E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#242E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E86

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E86	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.146 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66aa',
    500: '#242e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e86;
$custom-light: #6e66aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3544,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E86

secondary

#B5AB51

accent

#D147E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E86

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

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