#240B42#240B42

#240B42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.097 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240B42
RGB	rgb(36, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.06, 26.02, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.06, 39.41, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(22.77% 0.0472 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(22.77% 0.097 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8303, 1.0077, 5.2513)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240B42 #29420B

analogous

#0B0D42 #240B42 #400B42

triadic

#240B42 #42240B #0B4224

tetradic

#240B42 #420B0D #29420B #0B4240

square

#240B42 #420B0D #29420B #0B4240

split-complementary

#240B42 #42400B #0D420B

monochromatic

#0E041A #0E041A #240B42 #411476 #5D1CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.48

#240B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#240B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240B42

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240B42	1.00	17.48	1.20	17.48
#FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D1926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.097 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#624c77',
    500: '#240b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240b42;
$custom-light: #624c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22767,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240B42

secondary

#587F2A

accent

#EE3A9C

background

#F6F4F7

surface

#EBE7ED

border

#C6C3C8

text

#050109

muted

#7A777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #240B42

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

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