#242E9A#242E9A

#242E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9A
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 34.85, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 69.12, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0024 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.173 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5353, 4.6613, 31.0682)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9A #9A9024

analogous

#24699A #242E9A #55249A

triadic

#242E9A #9A242E #2E9A24

tetradic

#242E9A #9A2469 #9A9024 #249A55

square

#242E9A #9A2469 #9A9024 #249A55

split-complementary

#242E9A #9A5524 #699A24

monochromatic

#0D1037 #181F68 #242E9A #303DCC #5F69DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#242E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#242E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9A

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9A	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367b9',
    500: '#242e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9a;
$custom-light: #7367b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.915,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9A

secondary

#BFB65B

accent

#D743E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9A

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

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