#242FA1#242FA1

#242FA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.181 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242FA1
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 161)
HSL	hsl(235, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 36.75, -62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 72.44, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.001 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.181 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1749, 4.9804, 34.2418)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242FA1 #A19624

analogous

#246DA1 #242FA1 #5724A1

triadic

#242FA1 #A1242F #2FA124

tetradic

#242FA1 #A1246D #A19624 #24A157

square

#242FA1 #A1246D #A19624 #24A157

split-complementary

#242FA1 #A15724 #6DA124

monochromatic

#0E123D #19206F #242FA1 #313FD1 #636EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#242FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#242FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242FA1

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242FA1	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.181 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7468be',
    500: '#242fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242fa1;
$custom-light: #7468be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.72,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.383,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242FA1

secondary

#C2B95F

accent

#D841E6

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242FA1

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

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