#244A8A#244A8A

#244A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.115 H 260.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244A8A
RGB	rgb(36, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 9.82, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 40.83, 283.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% -0.0196 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.115 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7621, 7.1068, 25.0025)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244A8A #8A6424

analogous

#247D8A #244A8A #31248A

triadic

#244A8A #8A244A #4A8A24

tetradic

#244A8A #8A247D #8A6424 #248A31

square

#244A8A #8A247D #8A6424 #248A31

split-complementary

#244A8A #8A3124 #7D8A24

monochromatic

#0B1629 #173059 #244A8A #3164BB #5684D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#244A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#244A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244A8A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244A8A	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A508C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.115 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cac',
    500: '#244a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244a8a;
$custom-light: #6d7cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4173,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244A8A

secondary

#B79253

accent

#A846E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244A8A

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

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