#244E8F#244E8F

#244E8F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.117 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244E8F
RGB	rgb(36, 78, 143)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 9.10, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 41.26, 282.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% -0.0225 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.117 259)
XYZ	xyz(8.4081, 7.8061, 27.0449)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244E8F #8F6524

analogous

#24838F #244E8F #30248F

triadic

#244E8F #8F244E #4E8F24

tetradic

#244E8F #8F2483 #8F6524 #248F30

square

#244E8F #8F2483 #8F6524 #248F30

split-complementary

#244E8F #8F3024 #838F24

monochromatic

#0B192D #18335E #244E8F #3069C0 #5889D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#244E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#244E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244E8F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244E8F	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 78, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.117 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fb0',
    500: '#244e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244e8f;
$custom-light: #6e7fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.449,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43012,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244E8F

secondary

#B99255

accent

#A545E3

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF5

border

#C8C9CF

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #244E8F

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

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