#242E9F#242E9F

#242E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.179 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242E9F
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 36.65, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 71.95, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0018 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.179 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9604, 4.8314, 33.3072)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242E9F #9F9524

analogous

#246B9F #242E9F #57249F

triadic

#242E9F #9F242E #2E9F24

tetradic

#242E9F #9F246B #9F9524 #249F57

square

#242E9F #9F246B #9F9524 #249F57

split-complementary

#242E9F #9F5724 #6B9F24

monochromatic

#0D113B #19206D #242E9F #303DD0 #626CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#242E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#242E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242E9F

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242E9F	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.179 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467bc',
    500: '#242e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242e9f;
$custom-light: #7467bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.122,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37929,
    "c": 0.17925,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242E9F

secondary

#C1B95E

accent

#D942E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242E9F

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

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