#242E9B#242E9B

#242E9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.174 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9B
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 35.21, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 69.69, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0022 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.174 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6189, 4.6948, 31.5086)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9B #9B9124

analogous

#246A9B #242E9B #56249B

triadic

#242E9B #9B242E #2E9B24

tetradic

#242E9B #9B246A #9B9124 #249B56

square

#242E9B #9B246A #9B9124 #249B56

split-complementary

#242E9B #9B5624 #6A9B24

monochromatic

#0D1138 #181F69 #242E9B #303DCD #5F6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#242E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#242E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.174 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367ba',
    500: '#242e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9b;
$custom-light: #7367ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.958,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37518,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9B

secondary

#BFB75C

accent

#D842E5

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9B

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

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