#240839#240839

#240839 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.090 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240839
RGB	rgb(36, 8, 57)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 86%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.63, 25.03, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.63, 35.72, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(21.49% 0.053 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(21.49% 0.09 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5527, 0.8442, 3.9512)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240839 #1D3908

analogous

#0C0839 #240839 #390835

triadic

#240839 #392408 #083924

tetradic

#240839 #390C08 #1D3908 #083539

square

#240839 #390C08 #1D3908 #083539

split-complementary

#240839 #353908 #08390C

monochromatic

#11041B #11041B #240839 #46106F #6817A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.97

#240839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#240839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240839

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240839	1.00	17.97	1.17	17.97
#FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00163A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201420

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 8, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.090 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#614a70',
    500: '#240839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240839;
$custom-light: #614a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21486,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240839

secondary

#487825

accent

#F23686

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240839

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

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