#240942#240942

#240942 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.099 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240942
RGB	rgb(36, 9, 66)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(268, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 86.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.69, 27.08, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.69, 40.56, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(22.51% 0.0493 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(22.51% 0.099 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8084, 0.9638, 5.2440)
Luminance	0.0096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240942 #274209

analogous

#090B42 #240942 #410942

triadic

#240942 #422409 #094224

tetradic

#240942 #42090B #274209 #094241

square

#240942 #42090B #274209 #094241

split-complementary

#240942 #424109 #0B4209

monochromatic

#0F041B #0F041B #240942 #411078 #5F18AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.61

#240942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#240942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240942

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240942	1.00	17.61	1.19	17.61
#FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 9, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.099 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634b77',
    500: '#240942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240942;
$custom-light: #634b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22507,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240942

secondary

#568027

accent

#F33599

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240942

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

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