#244D8E#244D8E

#244D8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.117 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244D8E
RGB	rgb(36, 77, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 9.38, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 41.30, 283.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.0217 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.117 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2621, 7.6349, 26.6242)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244D8E #8E6524

analogous

#24828E #244D8E #30248E

triadic

#244D8E #8E244D #4D8E24

tetradic

#244D8E #8E2482 #8E6524 #248E30

square

#244D8E #8E2482 #8E6524 #248E30

split-complementary

#244D8E #8E3024 #828E24

monochromatic

#0B182C #18335D #244D8E #3067BF #5888D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#244D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#244D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244D8E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244D8E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 77, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.117 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7eaf',
    500: '#244d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244d8e;
$custom-light: #6e7eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.792,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4271,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244D8E

secondary

#B99255

accent

#A645E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244D8E

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

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