Color #242B38

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Basic facts about this digital color

#242B38 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(36, 43, 56) — 14.1% red, 16.9% green, 22% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 5 / 0 / 78. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #242B38 reads as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Knight (#232D36). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Allegro (#242E3B) and Ebony Clay (#26283B).

The recipe behind #242B38 is rgb(36, 43, 56), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #242B38: 14.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:78), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #242B38 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#242B38 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#242B38 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#242B38 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#242B38 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#242B38 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#242B38 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

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Alternatives to #242B38 color

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Nearest named colors to #242B38

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dark Knight

#232D36

Allegro

#242E3B

Ebony Clay

#26283B

Tornado

#272D3C

Quarterback

#282B3C

Midnight Express

#21263A

Indian Ink

#232732

Blue Night

#1F263B

Bullitt

#27253C

Haiti

#2C2A35

Black Rock

#2C2D3C

Blue Charcoal

#262B2F

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#242B38
RGB36, 43, 56
CMYK8, 5, 0, 78
CSSrgb(36, 43, 56)

HSL219°, 22%, 18%
HSL Precise219°, 21.739%, 18.039%
HSV219°, 36%, 22%
HSB219°, 36%, 22%

Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.141
Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.169
Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220

GLSLvec3(0.141, 0.169, 0.220)
GLSL with alphavec4(0.141, 0.169, 0.220, 1.000)
HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.141, 0.169, 0.220)

Percentage of Red in RGB14.1%
Percentage of Green in RGB16.9%
Percentage of Blue in RGB22%

Color FamilyAzure
Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
Lightness FamilyDark

HEX ID242B38
DECIMAL ID2370360
Name LengthThis color has no name

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