#244C8D#244C8D

#244C8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.117 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244C8D
RGB	rgb(36, 76, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 46.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 9.65, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 41.34, 283.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% -0.021 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.117 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1180, 7.4662, 26.2074)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244C8D #8D6524

analogous

#24818D #244C8D #31248D

triadic

#244C8D #8D244C #4C8D24

tetradic

#244C8D #8D2481 #8D6524 #248D31

square

#244C8D #8D2481 #8D6524 #248D31

split-complementary

#244C8D #8D3124 #818D24

monochromatic

#0B172B #18325C #244C8D #3066BE #5787D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#244C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#244C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244C8D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244C8D	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B528F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 76, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.117 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7daf',
    500: '#244c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244c8d;
$custom-light: #6d7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42407,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244C8D

secondary

#B89254

accent

#A745E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244C8D

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

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