#09040B#09040B

#09040B is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.2% C 0.022 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09040B
RGB	rgb(9, 4, 11)
HSL	hsl(283, 47%, 3%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 4%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 63.6%, 0%, 95.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.53, 2.28, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.53, 3.17, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(12.16% 0.0163 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(12.16% 0.022 318)
XYZ	xyz(0.2165, 0.1691, 0.3378)
Luminance	0.0017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09040B #060B04

analogous

#05040B #09040B #0B0409

triadic

#09040B #0B0904 #040B09

tetradic

#09040B #0B0504 #060B04 #04090B

square

#09040B #0B0504 #060B04 #04090B

split-complementary

#09040B #090B04 #040B05

monochromatic

#120816 #120816 #120816 #2E1438 #522565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.31

#09040B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.03

#09040B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09040B

20.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09040B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09040B	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)

#03050B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04060B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#090506

Achromatopsia (no color)

#060606

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09040b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 4, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.2% 0.022 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b484c',
    500: '#09040b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09040b;
$custom-light: #4b484c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09040b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 2.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.12163,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.00169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09040B

secondary

#2E4724

accent

#D65177

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E6E7

border

#C3C2C3

text

#010001

muted

#777777

Preview Lab

Preview with #09040B

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

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