#242EA9#242EA9

#242EA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.192 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242EA9
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 40.20, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 77.51, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% 0.0005 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.192 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8635, 5.1926, 38.0636)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242EA9 #A99F24

analogous

#2470A9 #242EA9 #5D24A9

triadic

#242EA9 #A9242E #2EA924

tetradic

#242EA9 #A92470 #A99F24 #24A95D

square

#242EA9 #A92470 #A99F24 #24A95D

split-complementary

#242EA9 #A95D24 #70A924

monochromatic

#0F1344 #192077 #242EA9 #3642D4 #6871DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#242EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#242EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242EA9

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242EA9	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.192 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c4',
    500: '#242ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242ea9;
$custom-light: #7668c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.489,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38976,
    "c": 0.19194,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242EA9

secondary

#C5BE64

accent

#DB40E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242EA9

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

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