#244E8E#244E8E

#244E8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.116 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244E8E
RGB	rgb(36, 78, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 8.71, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 40.68, 282.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0227 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.116 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3327, 7.7759, 26.6477)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244E8E #8E6424

analogous

#24838E #244E8E #2F248E

triadic

#244E8E #8E244E #4E8E24

tetradic

#244E8E #8E2483 #8E6424 #248E2F

square

#244E8E #8E2483 #8E6424 #248E2F

split-complementary

#244E8E #8E2F24 #838E24

monochromatic

#0B182C #18335D #244E8E #3069BF #5889D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#244E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#244E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244E8E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244E8E	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 78, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.116 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7faf',
    500: '#244e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244e8e;
$custom-light: #6d7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.226,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42942,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244E8E

secondary

#B99155

accent

#A445E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244E8E

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

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