#242EA6#242EA6

#242EA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.188 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242EA6
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(235, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 39.14, -64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 75.86, 301.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0009 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.188 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5851, 5.0813, 36.5973)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242EA6 #A69C24

analogous

#246FA6 #242EA6 #5B24A6

triadic

#242EA6 #A6242E #2EA624

tetradic

#242EA6 #A6246F #A69C24 #24A65B

square

#242EA6 #A6246F #A69C24 #24A65B

split-complementary

#242EA6 #A65B24 #6FA624

monochromatic

#0E1241 #192074 #242EA6 #3440D3 #6670DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#242EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#242EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242EA6

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242EA6	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.188 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667c2',
    500: '#242ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ea6;
$custom-light: #7667c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38659,
    "c": 0.18817,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242EA6

secondary

#C4BC62

accent

#DB40E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242EA6

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

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