#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
RGBrgb(36, 5, 0)
HSLhsl(8, 100%, 7%)
HSVhsv(8, 100%, 14%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 86.1%, 100%, 85.9%)
CIE-LABlab(4.37, 13.20, 6.79)
CIE-LCHlch(4.37, 14.84, 27.21°)
OKLaboklab(17.53% 0.0448 0.0353)
OKLCHoklch(17.53% 0.057 38.3)
XYZxyz(0.7819, 0.4837, 0.0522)
Luminance0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##2405001.0019.151.1019.15
#FFFFFF19.151.0021.001.00
#0000001.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF19.151.0021.001.00

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

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#240500 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva