#242E89#242E89

#242E89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E89
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 28.58, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 59.23, 298.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0039 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.15 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2184, 4.1346, 24.1324)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E89 #897F24

analogous

#246189 #242E89 #4D2489

triadic

#242E89 #89242E #2E8924

tetradic

#242E89 #892461 #897F24 #24894D

square

#242E89 #892461 #897F24 #24894D

split-complementary

#242E89 #894D24 #618924

monochromatic

#0B0D28 #171E59 #242E89 #313EB9 #5561D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#242E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#242E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E89

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E89	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e67ac',
    500: '#242e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e89;
$custom-light: #6e67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.059,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35727,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E89

secondary

#B7AD52

accent

#D246E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E89

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

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