#242F89#242F89

#242F89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.149 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242F89
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 137)
HSL	hsl(233, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(233, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 27.91, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 58.54, 298.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0032 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.149 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2579, 4.2136, 24.1456)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242F89 #897E24

analogous

#246289 #242F89 #4C2489

triadic

#242F89 #89242F #2F8924

tetradic

#242F89 #892462 #897E24 #24894C

square

#242F89 #892462 #897E24 #24894C

split-complementary

#242F89 #894C24 #628924

monochromatic

#0B0E28 #171E59 #242F89 #3140B9 #5563D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#242F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#242F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242F89

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242F89	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.149 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e67ac',
    500: '#242f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242f89;
$custom-light: #6e67ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.465,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35913,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242F89

secondary

#B7AC52

accent

#D146E2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242F89

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

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