#242f41

Color #242f41

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class gray-800 #1e2939 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#242f41

RGB

rgb(36, 47, 65)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 28.7%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 44.6%, 25.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 74.5%)

LAB

lab(19.18, 0.88, -12.81)

LCH

lch(19.18, 12.84, 273.93)

OKLCH

oklch(30.3%, 0.0361, 260.12)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 14.1%, 74.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#413624

Analogous

#243e41

#242f41

#272441

Triadic

#242f41

#41242f

#2f4124

Split-complementary

#242f41

#412724

#3e4124

Tetradic

#242f41

#362441

#413624

#2f4124

Square

#242f41

#41243e

#413624

#244127

Shades

Color #242f41 mixed toward black.

#1e2736

#181f2b

#121820

#0c1016

#06080b

Tints

Color #242f41 mixed toward white.

#3c4f6d

#556e99

#7b92b6

#a7b6ce

#d3dbe7

Tones

Color #242f41 mixed toward gray.

#26303f

#29303c

#2b313a

#2e3137

#303235

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.56:1

White text reads better on this background (13.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29293d · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#28283c · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#253a39 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#2f2f2f · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #242f41;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#242f41]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#242f41 (#242f41) is rgb(36, 47, 65) in RGB.

No, #242f41 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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