#240C0E#240C0E

#240C0E is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.041 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C0E
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 14)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 61.1%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.05, 12.22, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.05, 12.67, 15.32°)
OKLab	oklab(19.35% 0.0392 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(19.35% 0.041 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9384, 0.6698, 0.4953)
Luminance	0.0067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C0E #0C2422

analogous

#240C1A #240C0E #24160C

triadic

#240C0E #0E240C #0C0E24

tetradic

#240C0E #1A240C #0C2422 #160C24

square

#240C0E #1A240C #0C2422 #160C24

split-complementary

#240C0E #0C2416 #0C1A24

monochromatic

#170809 #170809 #240C0E #521B20 #802B32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.52

#240C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#240C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C0E

18.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C0E	1.00	18.52	1.13	18.52
#FFFFFF	18.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11100E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17150D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28090D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.041 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c4d',
    500: '#240c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c0e;
$custom-light: #5f4c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19352,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C0E

secondary

#2D5E5A

accent

#DACE4E

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C0E

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

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