#240500#240500

#240500 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.5% C 0.057 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240500
RGB	rgb(36, 5, 0)
HSL	hsl(8, 100%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(8, 100%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 100%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.37, 13.20, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.37, 14.84, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(17.53% 0.0448 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(17.53% 0.057 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.7819, 0.4837, 0.0522)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240500 #001F24

analogous

#24000D #240500 #241700

triadic

#240500 #002405 #050024

tetradic

#240500 #0D2400 #001F24 #170024

square

#240500 #0D2400 #001F24 #170024

split-complementary

#240500 #002417 #000D24

monochromatic

#1F0400 #1F0400 #240500 #610D00 #9E1600

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.15

#240500 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#240500 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240500

19.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240500	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240500	1.00	19.15	1.10	19.15
#FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E0B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161200

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#290004

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240500;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 5, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.5% 0.057 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4847',
    500: '#240500',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240500;
$custom-light: #5f4847;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240500",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17534,
    "c": 0.05705,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240500

secondary

#13606D

accent

#E1FF29

background

#F5F4F3

surface

#E9E6E5

border

#C5C2C1

text

#050000

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240500

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

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