#240809#240809

#240809 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.4% C 0.048 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240809
RGB	rgb(36, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 75%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.14, 13.24, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.14, 13.90, 17.76°)
OKLab	oklab(18.43% 0.0449 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(18.43% 0.048 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.8638, 0.5686, 0.3226)
Luminance	0.0057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240809 #082423

analogous

#240817 #240809 #241508

triadic

#240809 #092408 #080924

tetradic

#240809 #172408 #082423 #150824

square

#240809 #172408 #082423 #150824

split-complementary

#240809 #082415 #081724

monochromatic

#190606 #190606 #240809 #561316 #881E22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.86

#240809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#240809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240809

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240809	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)

#0F0D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161308

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280409

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.4% 0.048 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4a4b',
    500: '#240809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240809;
$custom-light: #5f4a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1843,
    "c": 0.04806,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240809

secondary

#266260

accent

#E7E141

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240809

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

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