#242E9E#242E9E

#242E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9E
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 36.29, -61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 71.39, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0019 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.178 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8740, 4.7968, 32.8520)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9E #9E9424

analogous

#246B9E #242E9E #57249E

triadic

#242E9E #9E242E #2E9E24

tetradic

#242E9E #9E246B #9E9424 #249E57

square

#242E9E #9E246B #9E9424 #249E57

split-complementary

#242E9E #9E5724 #6B9E24

monochromatic

#0D113A #191F6C #242E9E #2F3DD0 #616BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#242E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#242E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9E	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bc',
    500: '#242e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9e;
$custom-light: #7467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.082,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37826,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9E

secondary

#C0B85E

accent

#D842E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9E

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

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