#242EAE#242EAE

#242EAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.198 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242EAE
RGB	rgb(36, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 41.95, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 80.25, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% -0.0002 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.198 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3419, 5.3840, 40.5831)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242EAE #AEA424

analogous

#2473AE #242EAE #5F24AE

triadic

#242EAE #AE242E #2EAE24

tetradic

#242EAE #AE2473 #AEA424 #24AE5F

square

#242EAE #AE2473 #AEA424 #24AE5F

split-complementary

#242EAE #AE5F24 #73AE24

monochromatic

#0F1349 #1A217B #242EAE #3945D6 #6C74E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#242EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#242EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242EAE

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242EAE	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.198 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7868c7',
    500: '#242eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242eae;
$custom-light: #7868c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39508,
    "c": 0.19815,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242EAE

secondary

#C7C067

accent

#DC3FE9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242EAE

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

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