#240B38#240B38

#240B38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.084 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240B38
RGB	rgb(36, 11, 56)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.13, 23.09, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.13, 33.26, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(21.82% 0.0493 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(21.82% 0.084 306)
XYZ	xyz(1.5609, 0.8999, 3.8321)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240B38 #1F380B

analogous

#0D0B38 #240B38 #380B35

triadic

#240B38 #38240B #0B3824

tetradic

#240B38 #380D0B #1F380B #0B3538

square

#240B38 #380D0B #1F380B #0B3538

split-complementary

#240B38 #35380B #0B380D

monochromatic

#10051A #10051A #240B38 #45156B #661F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.80

#240B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#240B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240B38

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240B38	1.00	17.80	1.18	17.80
#FFFFFF	17.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#201520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 11, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.084 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#614c6f',
    500: '#240b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240b38;
$custom-light: #614c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21819,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240B38

secondary

#4B752A

accent

#EA3E8A

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#EAE7EC

border

#C6C3C7

text

#050107

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #240B38

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

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