#242E88#242E88

#242E88 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.149 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E88
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 28.20, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 58.63, 298.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.004 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.149 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1470, 4.1060, 23.7564)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E88 #887E24

analogous

#246088 #242E88 #4C2488

triadic

#242E88 #88242E #2E8824

tetradic

#242E88 #882460 #887E24 #24884C

square

#242E88 #882460 #887E24 #24884C

split-complementary

#242E88 #884C24 #608824

monochromatic

#0A0D27 #171E58 #242E88 #313EB8 #5561D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#242E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#242E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E88

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E88	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.149 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ac',
    500: '#242e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e88;
$custom-light: #6e66ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35631,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E88

secondary

#B6AC52

accent

#D246E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E88

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

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