#244C8E#244C8E

#244C8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.118 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244C8E
RGB	rgb(36, 76, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 46.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 10.05, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 41.92, 283.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0208 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.118 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1927, 7.4961, 26.6010)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244C8E #8E6624

analogous

#24818E #244C8E #31248E

triadic

#244C8E #8E244C #4C8E24

tetradic

#244C8E #8E2481 #8E6624 #248E31

square

#244C8E #8E2481 #8E6624 #248E31

split-complementary

#244C8E #8E3124 #818E24

monochromatic

#0B182C #18325D #244C8E #3066BF #5887D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#244C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#244C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244C8E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244C8E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 76, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.118 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7daf',
    500: '#244c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244c8e;
$custom-light: #6e7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.358,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42478,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244C8E

secondary

#B99355

accent

#A745E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244C8E

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

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