#242FA7#242FA7

#242FA7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.188 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242FA7
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 167)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 71.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 38.89, -65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 75.79, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0003 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.188 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7167, 5.1971, 37.0955)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242FA7 #A79C24

analogous

#2470A7 #242FA7 #5B24A7

triadic

#242FA7 #A7242F #2FA724

tetradic

#242FA7 #A72470 #A79C24 #24A75B

square

#242FA7 #A72470 #A79C24 #24A75B

split-complementary

#242FA7 #A75B24 #70A724

monochromatic

#0E1342 #192175 #242FA7 #3542D3 #6771DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#242FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#242FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242FA7

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242FA7	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.188 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c2',
    500: '#242fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242fa7;
$custom-light: #7668c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.962,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38923,
    "c": 0.18837,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242FA7

secondary

#C4BC63

accent

#D940E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242FA7

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

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