HEX Color #240FFF (Blue)

About #240FFF

The hex code #240FFF represents a beautifully specific shade of blue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Blue. Its digital footprint relies on 36 parts red, 15 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 86% cyan and 94% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 245.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#240FFF

RGB36, 15, 255

HSL245.2°, 100.0%, 52.9%

CMYK86%, 94%, 0%, 0%

HSV245.2°, 94.1%, 100.0%

LAB33.9, 77.2, -105.3

XYZ18.9, 7.9, 95.1

Decimal2363391

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#240FFF #EAFE0F

Analogous

#0F71FE #9B0FFE

Triadic

#FE240F #0FFE24

Tetradic

#FE0F71 #EAFE0F #0FFE9C

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#240FFF

#3C29FF

#5444FF

#6D5FFF

#8579FF

#9D94FF

#B6AFFF

#CEC9FF

#E6E4FF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#240FFF

#200DE2

#1C0BC6

#180AAA

#14088D

#100671

#0C0555

#080338

#04011C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.12:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.59:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.76:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.20:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #240FFF; }

.text-color { color: #240FFF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #240FFF; }

Similar Colors

Blue

#0000FF