#240C08#240C08

#240C08 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.2% C 0.042 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C08
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 8)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.8%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.92, 11.40, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.92, 12.79, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(19.18% 0.036 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(19.18% 0.042 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.9029, 0.6556, 0.3087)
Luminance	0.0066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C08 #082024

analogous

#240812 #240C08 #241A08

triadic

#240C08 #08240C #0C0824

tetradic

#240C08 #122408 #082024 #1A0824

square

#240C08 #122408 #082024 #1A0824

split-complementary

#240C08 #08241A #081224

monochromatic

#190806 #190806 #240C08 #561D13 #882D1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.56

#240C08 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#240C08 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C08

18.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C08	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C08	1.00	18.56	1.13	18.56
#FFFFFF	18.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181508

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28080B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c08;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.2% 0.042 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c4a',
    500: '#240c08',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c08;
$custom-light: #5f4c4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c08",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19184,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C08

secondary

#265A62

accent

#CFE741

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C08

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

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