#240808#240808

#240808 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.4% C 0.048 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240808
RGB	rgb(36, 8, 8)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 77.8%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.12, 13.10, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.12, 13.89, 19.42°)
OKLab	oklab(18.4% 0.0444 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(18.4% 0.048 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.8583, 0.5664, 0.2938)
Luminance	0.0057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240808 #082424

analogous

#240816 #240808 #241608

triadic

#240808 #082408 #080824

tetradic

#240808 #162408 #082424 #160824

square

#240808 #162408 #082424 #160824

split-complementary

#240808 #082416 #081624

monochromatic

#190606 #190606 #240808 #561313 #881E1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.86

#240808 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#240808 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240808

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240808	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240808	1.00	18.86	1.11	18.86
#FFFFFF	18.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F0D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161307

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280408

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240808;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 8, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.4% 0.048 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4a4a',
    500: '#240808',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240808;
$custom-light: #5f4a4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240808",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18402,
    "c": 0.0482,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240808

secondary

#266262

accent

#E7E741

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240808

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

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