#244B8B#244B8B

#244B8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.115 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244B8B
RGB	rgb(36, 75, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 9.54, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 40.79, 283.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% -0.0204 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.115 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9021, 7.2704, 25.4080)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244B8B #8B6424

analogous

#247F8B #244B8B #31248B

triadic

#244B8B #8B244B #4B8B24

tetradic

#244B8B #8B247F #8B6424 #248B31

square

#244B8B #8B247F #8B6424 #248B31

split-complementary

#244B8B #8B3124 #7F8B24

monochromatic

#0B172A #17315A #244B8B #3165BC #5686D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#244B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#244B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244B8B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244B8B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16488A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 75, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.115 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7cad',
    500: '#244b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244b8b;
$custom-light: #6d7cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.282,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42033,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244B8B

secondary

#B79253

accent

#A746E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244B8B

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

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