#240B23#240B23

#240B23 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.058 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240B23
RGB	rgb(36, 11, 35)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 2.8%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.65, 17.19, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.65, 20.23, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(20.18% 0.0493 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(20.18% 0.058 329)
XYZ	xyz(1.1506, 0.7358, 1.6712)
Luminance	0.0074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240B23 #0B240C

analogous

#190B24 #240B23 #240B17

triadic

#240B23 #23240B #0B2324

tetradic

#240B23 #24190B #0B240C #0B1724

square

#240B23 #24190B #0B240C #0B1724

split-complementary

#240B23 #17240B #0B2419

monochromatic

#170717 #170717 #240B23 #531951 #82287E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.31

#240B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#240B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240B23

18.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240B23	1.00	18.31	1.15	18.31
#FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#250E15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 11, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.058 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4b5e',
    500: '#240b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240b23;
$custom-light: #5f4b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20181,
    "c": 0.05751,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.00736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240B23

secondary

#2C5F2E

accent

#DD514B

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240B23

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

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