#243AE9

A medium, vivid blue closely aligning with Mediumblue.

About #243AE9

When working with digital screens, the color #243AE9 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumblue. Its digital footprint relies on 36 parts red, 58 parts green, and 233 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 85% cyan and 75% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#243AE9
RGB36, 58, 233
HSL233.3°, 81.7%, 52.7%
CMYK85%, 75%, 0%, 9%
HSV233.3°, 84.5%, 91.4%
LAB36.5, 55.0, -88.4
XYZ16.9, 9.3, 78.0
Decimal2374377

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.35:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.86:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.03:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.43:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #243AE9; }
.text-color { color: #243AE9; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #243AE9; }

Similar Colors

Mediumblue
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