#242E8F#242E8F

#242E8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.158 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E8F
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 30.82, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 62.77, 299.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0034 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.158 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6608, 4.3115, 26.4624)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E8F #8F8524

analogous

#24638F #242E8F #50248F

triadic

#242E8F #8F242E #2E8F24

tetradic

#242E8F #8F2463 #8F8524 #248F50

square

#242E8F #8F2463 #8F8524 #248F50

split-complementary

#242E8F #8F5024 #638F24

monochromatic

#0B0F2D #181E5E #242E8F #303EC0 #5864D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#242E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#242E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E8F

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E8F	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.158 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7067b1',
    500: '#242e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e8f;
$custom-light: #7067b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.393,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36312,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E8F

secondary

#B9B055

accent

#D445E3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E8F

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

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