#242FA9#242FA9

#242FA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.191 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242FA9
RGB	rgb(36, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 39.60, -65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 76.89, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0001 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.191 270)
XYZ	xyz(8.9031, 5.2717, 38.0767)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242FA9 #A99E24

analogous

#2471A9 #242FA9 #5C24A9

triadic

#242FA9 #A9242F #2FA924

tetradic

#242FA9 #A92471 #A99E24 #24A95C

square

#242FA9 #A92471 #A99E24 #24A95C

split-complementary

#242FA9 #A95C24 #71A924

monochromatic

#0F1344 #192177 #242FA9 #3643D4 #6872DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#242FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#242FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242FA9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242FA9	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.191 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7668c4',
    500: '#242fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242fa9;
$custom-light: #7668c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.038,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39132,
    "c": 0.19089,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242FA9

secondary

#C5BD64

accent

#DA40E8

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #242FA9

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

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