#243b60

Color #243b60

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.48 Nearest Tailwind class slate-700 #314158 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#243b60

RGB

rgb(36, 59, 96)

HSL

hsl(217, 45.5%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 62.5%, 37.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 62.4%)

LAB

lab(24.79, 3.75, -24.68)

LCH

lch(24.79, 24.96, 278.64)

OKLCH

oklch(35.3%, 0.0711, 259.54)

HWB

hwb(217, 14.1%, 62.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#604924

Analogous

#245960

#243b60

#2b2460

Triadic

#243b60

#60243b

#3b6024

Split-complementary

#243b60

#602b24

#596024

Tetradic

#243b60

#492460

#604924

#3b6024

Square

#243b60

#602459

#604924

#24602b

Shades

Color #243b60 mixed toward black.

#1e3150

#182740

#121e30

#0c1420

#060a10

Tints

Color #243b60 mixed toward white.

#35578e

#4874ba

#7696cc

#a3b9dd

#d1dcee

Tones

Color #243b60 mixed toward gray.

#293c5b

#2e3d56

#333f51

#38404c

#3d4147

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f3059 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#2e2c57 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#265251 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #243b60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#243b60]

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

#243b60 (#243b60) is rgb(36, 59, 96) in RGB.

No, #243b60 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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