#244E9E#244E9E

#244E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.139 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#244E9E
RGB	rgb(36, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(219, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 15.00, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 50.02, 287.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% -0.02 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.139 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6213, 8.2914, 33.4344)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#244E9E #9E7424

analogous

#248B9E #244E9E #37249E

triadic

#244E9E #9E244E #4E9E24

tetradic

#244E9E #9E248B #9E7424 #249E37

square

#244E9E #9E248B #9E7424 #249E37

split-complementary

#244E9E #9E3724 #8B9E24

monochromatic

#0D1D3A #19356C #244E9E #2F67D0 #618BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#244E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#244E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #244E9E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##244E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##244E9E	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #244e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.139 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717fbb',
    500: '#244e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #244e9e;
$custom-light: #717fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#244e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.344,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44109,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#244E9E

secondary

#C09E5E

accent

#AD42E6

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#090A12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #244E9E

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

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