#244B8E#244B8E

#244B8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.120 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244B8E
RGB	rgb(36, 75, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 10.72, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 42.55, 284.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0199 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.12 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1244, 7.3593, 26.5783)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244B8E #8E6724

analogous

#24808E #244B8E #32248E

triadic

#244B8E #8E244B #4B8E24

tetradic

#244B8E #8E2480 #8E6724 #248E32

square

#244B8E #8E2480 #8E6724 #248E32

split-complementary

#244B8E #8E3224 #808E24

monochromatic

#0B172C #18315D #244B8E #3065BF #5886D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#244B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#244B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244B8E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244B8E	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 75, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.120 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7caf',
    500: '#244b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244b8e;
$custom-light: #6e7caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.925,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42248,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244B8E

secondary

#B99455

accent

#A945E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244B8E

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

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