#242E8E#242E8E

#242E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E8E
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 30.44, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 62.18, 299.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0035 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.157 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5854, 4.2814, 26.0653)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E8E #8E8424

analogous

#24638E #242E8E #4F248E

triadic

#242E8E #8E242E #2E8E24

tetradic

#242E8E #8E2463 #8E8424 #248E4F

square

#242E8E #8E2463 #8E8424 #248E4F

split-complementary

#242E8E #8E4F24 #638E24

monochromatic

#0B0E2C #181E5D #242E8E #303EBF #5864D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#242E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#242E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E8E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E8E	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067b0',
    500: '#242e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e8e;
$custom-light: #7067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.34,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36214,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E8E

secondary

#B9B055

accent

#D445E3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E8E

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

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