#242FA6#242FA6

#242FA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.187 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242FA6
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(235, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 38.53, -64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 75.23, 300.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0004 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.187 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6247, 5.1603, 36.6105)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242FA6 #A69B24

analogous

#2470A6 #242FA6 #5A24A6

triadic

#242FA6 #A6242F #2FA624

tetradic

#242FA6 #A62470 #A69B24 #24A65A

square

#242FA6 #A62470 #A69B24 #24A65A

split-complementary

#242FA6 #A65A24 #70A624

monochromatic

#0E1341 #192174 #242FA6 #3442D3 #6671DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#242FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#242FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242FA6

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242FA6	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.187 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c2',
    500: '#242fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242fa6;
$custom-light: #7668c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38818,
    "c": 0.1871,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242FA6

secondary

#C4BB62

accent

#D940E7

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #242FA6

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

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