#244B9E#244B9E

#244B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.142 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244B9E
RGB	rgb(36, 75, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(221, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 17.02, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 51.98, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.0175 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.142 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4130, 7.8748, 33.3650)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244B9E #9E7724

analogous

#24889E #244B9E #3A249E

triadic

#244B9E #9E244B #4B9E24

tetradic

#244B9E #9E2488 #9E7724 #249E3A

square

#244B9E #9E2488 #9E7724 #249E3A

split-complementary

#244B9E #9E3A24 #889E24

monochromatic

#0D1C3A #19336C #244B9E #2F63D0 #6188DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#244B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#244B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244B9E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244B9E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1355A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 75, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.142 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717cbb',
    500: '#244b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244b9e;
$custom-light: #717cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.82,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43451,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244B9E

secondary

#C0A15E

accent

#B142E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #244B9E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →