#240A42#240A42

#240A42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.098 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240A42
RGB	rgb(36, 10, 66)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 84.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.87, 26.55, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.87, 39.99, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(22.64% 0.0482 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(22.64% 0.098 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8192, 0.9855, 5.2476)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240A42 #28420A

analogous

#0A0C42 #240A42 #400A42

triadic

#240A42 #42240A #0A4224

tetradic

#240A42 #420A0C #28420A #0A4240

square

#240A42 #420A0C #28420A #0A4240

split-complementary

#240A42 #42400A #0C420A

monochromatic

#0E041B #0E041B #240A42 #411277 #5E1AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.54

#240A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#240A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240A42

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240A42	1.00	17.54	1.20	17.54
#FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 10, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.098 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c77',
    500: '#240a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240a42;
$custom-light: #634c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22637,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240A42

secondary

#577F29

accent

#F0379B

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240A42

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

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