#240B2B#240B2B

#240B2B is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.067 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240B2B
RGB	rgb(36, 11, 43)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.13, 19.38, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.13, 25.11, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(20.74% 0.0502 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(20.74% 0.067 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2832, 0.7889, 2.3697)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240B2B #122B0B

analogous

#140B2B #240B2B #2B0B22

triadic

#240B2B #2B240B #0B2B24

tetradic

#240B2B #2B140B #122B0B #0B222B

square

#240B2B #2B140B #122B0B #0B222B

split-complementary

#240B2B #222B0B #0B2B14

monochromatic

#140618 #140618 #240B2B #4D175C #76248C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.14

#240B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240B2B

18.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240B2B	1.00	18.14	1.16	18.14
#FFFFFF	18.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04142C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D172A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 11, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.067 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604b64',
    500: '#240b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240b2b;
$custom-light: #604b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20741,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240B2B

secondary

#38672B

accent

#E24568

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240B2B

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

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