#240736#240736

#240736 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.088 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240736
RGB	rgb(36, 7, 54)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 87%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.17, 24.70, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.17, 34.47, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(21.06% 0.0551 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(21.06% 0.088 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4693, 0.7934, 3.5651)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240736 #193607

analogous

#0D0736 #240736 #360731

triadic

#240736 #362407 #073624

tetradic

#240736 #360D07 #193607 #073136

square

#240736 #360D07 #193607 #073136

split-complementary

#240736 #313607 #07360D

monochromatic

#12041B #12041B #240736 #480E6C #6C15A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#240736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240736

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240736	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21121E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 7, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.088 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#614a6d',
    500: '#240736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240736;
$custom-light: #614a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21058,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240736

secondary

#437623

accent

#F4347E

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EB

border

#C6C3C6

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240736

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

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