#08040E#08040E

#08040E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.2% C 0.027 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08040E
RGB	rgb(8, 4, 14)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 4%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 5%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 94.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.54, 2.50, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.54, 4.38, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(12.21% 0.0152 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(12.21% 0.027 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.2228, 0.1702, 0.4365)
Luminance	0.0017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08040E #0A0E04

analogous

#04050E #08040E #0D040E

triadic

#08040E #0E0804 #040E08

tetradic

#08040E #0E0405 #0A0E04 #040E0D

square

#08040E #0E0405 #0A0E04 #040E0D

split-complementary

#08040E #0E0D04 #050E04

monochromatic

#0E0718 #0E0718 #0E0718 #23123E #3E1F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.31

#08040E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.03

#08040E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08040E

20.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08040E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08040E	1.00	20.31	1.03	20.31
#FFFFFF	20.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02050E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03060E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#070507

Achromatopsia (no color)

#060606

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08040e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 4, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.2% 0.027 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a484d',
    500: '#08040e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08040e;
$custom-light: #4a484d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08040e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 3.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.12212,
    "c": 0.02676,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08040E

secondary

#3B4C22

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E6E7

border

#C3C2C3

text

#010001

muted

#777777

Preview Lab

Preview with #08040E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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