#244E81#244E81

#244E81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.097 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244E81
RGB	rgb(36, 78, 129)
HSL	hsl(213, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 3.63, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 33.21, 276.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% -0.0257 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.097 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4129, 7.4080, 21.8038)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244E81 #815724

analogous

#247D81 #244E81 #282481

triadic

#244E81 #81244E #4E8124

tetradic

#244E81 #81247D #815724 #248128

square

#244E81 #81247D #815724 #248128

split-complementary

#244E81 #812824 #7D8124

monochromatic

#091421 #173151 #244E81 #316BB1 #518ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#244E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#244E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244E81

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244E81	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)

#375283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 78, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.097 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b7fa6',
    500: '#244e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244e81;
$custom-light: #6b7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42069,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244E81

secondary

#B2854E

accent

#9B48E0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244E81

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

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