#244A8E#244A8E

#244A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.121 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244A8E
RGB	rgb(36, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 11.40, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 43.19, 285.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% -0.0189 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.121 261)
XYZ	xyz(8.0571, 7.2247, 26.5558)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244A8E #8E6824

analogous

#247F8E #244A8E #33248E

triadic

#244A8E #8E244A #4A8E24

tetradic

#244A8E #8E247F #8E6824 #248E33

square

#244A8E #8E247F #8E6824 #248E33

split-complementary

#244A8E #8E3324 #7F8E24

monochromatic

#0B172C #18315D #244A8E #3063BF #5885D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#244A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#244A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244A8E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244A8E	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.121 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7caf',
    500: '#244a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244a8e;
$custom-light: #6e7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42018,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.07226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244A8E

secondary

#B99555

accent

#AA45E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244A8E

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

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