#240400#240400

#240400 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.059 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240400
RGB	rgb(36, 4, 0)
HSL	hsl(7, 100%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(7, 100%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.9%, 100%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.17, 13.60, 6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.17, 15.07, 25.55°)
OKLab	oklab(17.31% 0.0473 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(17.31% 0.059 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.7711, 0.4620, 0.0486)
Luminance	0.0046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240400 #002024

analogous

#24000E #240400 #241600

triadic

#240400 #002404 #040024

tetradic

#240400 #0E2400 #002024 #160024

square

#240400 #0E2400 #002024 #160024

split-complementary

#240400 #002416 #000E24

monochromatic

#1F0300 #1F0300 #240400 #610B00 #9E1200

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.22

#240400 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#240400 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240400

19.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240400	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240400	1.00	19.22	1.09	19.22
#FFFFFF	19.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D0A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151100

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290003

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240400;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 4, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.059 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4847',
    500: '#240400',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240400;
$custom-light: #5f4847;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240400",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1731,
    "c": 0.05874,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240400

secondary

#13636D

accent

#E7FF29

background

#F5F4F3

surface

#E9E6E5

border

#C5C2C1

text

#050000

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240400

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

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