#242E87#242E87

#242E87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.147 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E87
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 27.83, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 58.04, 298.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.004 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.147 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0762, 4.0777, 23.3838)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E87 #877D24

analogous

#245F87 #242E87 #4B2487

triadic

#242E87 #87242E #2E8724

tetradic

#242E87 #87245F #877D24 #24874B

square

#242E87 #87245F #877D24 #24874B

split-complementary

#242E87 #874B24 #5F8724

monochromatic

#0A0D26 #171E57 #242E87 #313EB7 #5461D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#242E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#242E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E87

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E87	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.147 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ab',
    500: '#242e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e87;
$custom-light: #6e66ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.939,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35535,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E87

secondary

#B5AB51

accent

#D247E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E87

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

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