#244C8B#244C8B

#244C8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.114 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244C8B
RGB	rgb(36, 76, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 45.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 8.87, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 40.16, 282.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0214 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.114 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9705, 7.4072, 25.4308)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244C8B #8B6324

analogous

#24808B #244C8B #30248B

triadic

#244C8B #8B244C #4C8B24

tetradic

#244C8B #8B2480 #8B6324 #248B30

square

#244C8B #8B2480 #8B6324 #248B30

split-complementary

#244C8B #8B3024 #808B24

monochromatic

#0B172A #17315A #244C8B #3167BC #5687D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#244C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#244C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244C8B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244C8B	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 76, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.114 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7dad',
    500: '#244c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244c8b;
$custom-light: #6d7dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.699,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42266,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244C8B

secondary

#B79153

accent

#A546E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244C8B

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

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