#242EA7#242EA7

#242EA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.189 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242EA7
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 39.50, -65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 76.41, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0008 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.189 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6772, 5.1181, 37.0823)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242EA7 #A79D24

analogous

#246FA7 #242EA7 #5C24A7

triadic

#242EA7 #A7242E #2EA724

tetradic

#242EA7 #A7246F #A79D24 #24A75C

square

#242EA7 #A7246F #A79D24 #24A75C

split-complementary

#242EA7 #A75C24 #6FA724

monochromatic

#0E1242 #192075 #242EA7 #3541D3 #6770DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#242EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#242EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242EA7

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242EA7	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.189 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7667c2',
    500: '#242ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ea7;
$custom-light: #7667c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.42,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38764,
    "c": 0.18943,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242EA7

secondary

#C4BD63

accent

#DB40E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242EA7

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

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