#242FA8#242FA8

#242FA8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.190 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242FA8
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 39.24, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 76.34, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0002 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.19 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8095, 5.2343, 37.5842)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242FA8 #A89D24

analogous

#2471A8 #242FA8 #5B24A8

triadic

#242FA8 #A8242F #2FA824

tetradic

#242FA8 #A82471 #A89D24 #24A85B

square

#242FA8 #A82471 #A89D24 #24A85B

split-complementary

#242FA8 #A85B24 #71A824

monochromatic

#0E1343 #192176 #242FA8 #3543D4 #6872DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#242FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#242FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242FA8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242FA8	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.190 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c3',
    500: '#242fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242fa8;
$custom-light: #7668c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39027,
    "c": 0.18963,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242FA8

secondary

#C4BC63

accent

#DA40E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242FA8

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

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