#242E8A#242E8A

#242E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.151 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E8A
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(234, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 28.95, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 59.82, 298.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0038 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.151 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2904, 4.1634, 24.5119)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E8A #8A8024

analogous

#24618A #242E8A #4D248A

triadic

#242E8A #8A242E #2E8A24

tetradic

#242E8A #8A2461 #8A8024 #248A4D

square

#242E8A #8A2461 #8A8024 #248A4D

split-complementary

#242E8A #8A4D24 #618A24

monochromatic

#0B0E29 #171E59 #242E8A #313EBB #5662D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#242E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#242E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E8A

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E8A	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.151 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f67ad',
    500: '#242e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e8a;
$custom-light: #6f67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.118,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35824,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E8A

secondary

#B7AD53

accent

#D346E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E8A

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

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