#244C8A#244C8A

#244C8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.113 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244C8A
RGB	rgb(36, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 8.48, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 39.58, 282.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% -0.0216 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.113 259)
XYZ	xyz(7.8978, 7.3781, 25.0477)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244C8A #8A6224

analogous

#247F8A #244C8A #2F248A

triadic

#244C8A #8A244C #4C8A24

tetradic

#244C8A #8A247F #8A6224 #248A2F

square

#244C8A #8A247F #8A6224 #248A2F

split-complementary

#244C8A #8A2F24 #7F8A24

monochromatic

#0B1729 #173159 #244C8A #3167BB #5687D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#244C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#244C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244C8A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244C8A	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.113 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7dac',
    500: '#244c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244c8a;
$custom-light: #6d7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42196,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244C8A

secondary

#B79053

accent

#A546E2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244C8A

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

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