#242F79#242F79

#242F79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.126 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242F79
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 121)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(232, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 21.82, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 48.83, 296.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0036 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.126 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1941, 3.7881, 18.5429)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242F79 #796E24

analogous

#245979 #242F79 #432479

triadic

#242F79 #79242F #2F7924

tetradic

#242F79 #792459 #796E24 #247943

square

#242F79 #792459 #796E24 #247943

split-complementary

#242F79 #794324 #597924

monochromatic

#080A1B #161D4A #242F79 #3241A8 #4D5DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#242F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#242F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242F79

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242F79	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.126 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a67a0',
    500: '#242f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242f79;
$custom-light: #6a67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.235,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34437,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242F79

secondary

#AC9F4D

accent

#CA4ADE

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #242F79

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

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