#244A8B#244A8B

#244A8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.117 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244A8B
RGB	rgb(36, 74, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 46.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 10.22, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 41.42, 284.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% -0.0195 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.117 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8349, 7.1359, 25.3855)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244A8B #8B6524

analogous

#247E8B #244A8B #32248B

triadic

#244A8B #8B244A #4A8B24

tetradic

#244A8B #8B247E #8B6524 #248B32

square

#244A8B #8B247E #8B6524 #248B32

split-complementary

#244A8B #8B3224 #7E8B24

monochromatic

#0B162A #17305A #244A8B #3164BC #5684D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#244A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#244A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244A8B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244A8B	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13478A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 74, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.117 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cad',
    500: '#244a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244a8b;
$custom-light: #6d7cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.864,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41801,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244A8B

secondary

#B79353

accent

#A846E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244A8B

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

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