#244E8B#244E8B

#244E8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.112 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244E8B
RGB	rgb(36, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 7.53, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 38.94, 281.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.0233 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.112 258)
XYZ	xyz(8.1104, 7.6870, 25.4774)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244E8B #8B6124

analogous

#24828B #244E8B #2E248B

triadic

#244E8B #8B244E #4E8B24

tetradic

#244E8B #8B2482 #8B6124 #248B2E

square

#244E8B #8B2482 #8B6124 #248B2E

split-complementary

#244E8B #8B2E24 #828B24

monochromatic

#0B172A #17335A #244E8B #3169BC #5689D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#244E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#244E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244E8B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244E8B	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.112 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fad',
    500: '#244e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244e8b;
$custom-light: #6d7fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.534,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42734,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.07688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244E8B

secondary

#B78F53

accent

#A246E2

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244E8B

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

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