#244A9E#244A9E

#244A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.144 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244A9E
RGB	rgb(36, 74, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 17.69, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 52.63, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0167 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.144 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3457, 7.7402, 33.3426)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244A9E #9E7824

analogous

#24879E #244A9E #3B249E

triadic

#244A9E #9E244A #4A9E24

tetradic

#244A9E #9E2487 #9E7824 #249E3B

square

#244A9E #9E2487 #9E7824 #249E3B

split-complementary

#244A9E #9E3B24 #879E24

monochromatic

#0D1B3A #19336C #244A9E #2F61D0 #6187DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#244A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#244A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244A9E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244A9E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F55A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 74, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.144 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bbb',
    500: '#244a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244a9e;
$custom-light: #717bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.311,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244A9E

secondary

#C0A25E

accent

#B342E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #244A9E

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

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