#242E9D#242E9D

#242E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.177 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9D
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 35.93, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 70.82, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.002 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.177 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7883, 4.7625, 32.4005)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9D #9D9324

analogous

#246B9D #242E9D #56249D

triadic

#242E9D #9D242E #2E9D24

tetradic

#242E9D #9D246B #9D9324 #249D56

square

#242E9D #9D246B #9D9324 #249D56

split-complementary

#242E9D #9D5624 #6B9D24

monochromatic

#0D1139 #191F6B #242E9D #2F3DCF #616BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#242E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#242E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9D	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.177 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7367bb',
    500: '#242e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9d;
$custom-light: #7367bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.041,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37723,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9D

secondary

#C0B85D

accent

#D842E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9D

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

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