#244A8D#244A8D

#244A8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.120 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244A8D
RGB	rgb(36, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(218, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 11.00, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 42.60, 284.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0191 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.12 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9823, 7.1948, 26.1622)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244A8D #8D6724

analogous

#247E8D #244A8D #33248D

triadic

#244A8D #8D244A #4A8D24

tetradic

#244A8D #8D247E #8D6724 #248D33

square

#244A8D #8D247E #8D6724 #248D33

split-complementary

#244A8D #8D3324 #7E8D24

monochromatic

#0B172B #18305C #244A8D #3064BE #5784D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#244A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#244A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244A8D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244A8D	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.120 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7caf',
    500: '#244a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244a8d;
$custom-light: #6d7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41946,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244A8D

secondary

#B89454

accent

#AA45E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF4

border

#C8C8CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244A8D

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

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