#242EA1#242EA1

#242EA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.182 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242EA1
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 37.37, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 73.07, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0015 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.182 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1354, 4.9014, 34.2286)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242EA1 #A19724

analogous

#246CA1 #242EA1 #5824A1

triadic

#242EA1 #A1242E #2EA124

tetradic

#242EA1 #A1246C #A19724 #24A158

square

#242EA1 #A1246C #A19724 #24A158

split-complementary

#242EA1 #A15824 #6CA124

monochromatic

#0E113D #19206F #242EA1 #313ED1 #636DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#242EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#242EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242EA1

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242EA1	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.182 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467be',
    500: '#242ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ea1;
$custom-light: #7467be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38137,
    "c": 0.18182,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242EA1

secondary

#C2BA5F

accent

#D941E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242EA1

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

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