#240C12#240C12

#240C12 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.5% C 0.041 H 5.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C12
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 18)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 50%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.16, 12.88, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.16, 12.94, 5.68°)
OKLab	oklab(19.49% 0.0413 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(19.49% 0.041 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.9683, 0.6818, 0.6528)
Luminance	0.0068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C12 #0C241E

analogous

#240C1E #240C12 #24120C

triadic

#240C12 #12240C #0C1224

tetradic

#240C12 #1E240C #0C241E #120C24

square

#240C12 #1E240C #0C241E #120C24

split-complementary

#240C12 #0C2412 #0C1E24

monochromatic

#17080B #17080B #240C12 #521B29 #802B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.48

#240C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#240C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C12

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C12	1.00	18.48	1.14	18.48
#FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#280A0E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.5% 0.041 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c50',
    500: '#240c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c12;
$custom-light: #5f4c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19492,
    "c": 0.04149,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C12

secondary

#2D5E52

accent

#DAB74E

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#050102

muted

#797778

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C12

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

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