#242E9C#242E9C

#242E9C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.175 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9C
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 35.57, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 70.26, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0021 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.175 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7033, 4.7285, 31.9528)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9C #9C9224

analogous

#246A9C #242E9C #56249C

triadic

#242E9C #9C242E #2E9C24

tetradic

#242E9C #9C246A #9C9224 #249C56

square

#242E9C #9C246A #9C9224 #249C56

split-complementary

#242E9C #9C5624 #6A9C24

monochromatic

#0D1139 #191F6A #242E9C #2F3DCE #606ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#242E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#242E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9C

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9C	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.175 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367ba',
    500: '#242e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9c;
$custom-light: #7367ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3762,
    "c": 0.17537,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9C

secondary

#BFB75C

accent

#D842E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9C

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

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