#244D8B#244D8B

#244D8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.113 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244D8B
RGB	rgb(36, 77, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 44.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 8.20, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 39.55, 281.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% -0.0223 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.113 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0399, 7.5460, 25.4539)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244D8B #8B6224

analogous

#24818B #244D8B #2F248B

triadic

#244D8B #8B244D #4D8B24

tetradic

#244D8B #8B2481 #8B6224 #248B2F

square

#244D8B #8B2481 #8B6224 #248B2F

split-complementary

#244D8B #8B2F24 #818B24

monochromatic

#0B172A #17325A #244D8B #3168BC #5688D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#244D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#244D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244D8B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244D8B	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 77, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.113 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7ead',
    500: '#244d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244d8b;
$custom-light: #6d7ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.117,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.425,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244D8B

secondary

#B79053

accent

#A446E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244D8B

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

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