#240637#240637

#240637 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.091 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240637
RGB	rgb(36, 6, 55)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(277, 89%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 89.1%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.06, 25.53, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.06, 35.70, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(21% 0.0562 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(21% 0.091 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4821, 0.7812, 3.6864)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240637 #193706

analogous

#0C0637 #240637 #370632

triadic

#240637 #372406 #063724

tetradic

#240637 #370C06 #193706 #063237

square

#240637 #370C06 #193706 #063237

split-complementary

#240637 #323706 #06370C

monochromatic

#12031C #12031C #240637 #480C6E #6C12A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.16

#240637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240637

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240637	1.00	18.16	1.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21121E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 6, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.091 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61496e',
    500: '#240637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240637;
$custom-light: #61496e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21003,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240637

secondary

#437721

accent

#F7317E

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240637

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

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