#240C22#240C22

#240C22 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.3% C 0.054 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C22
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 34)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 5.6%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.81, 16.40, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.81, 19.03, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(20.29% 0.0473 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(20.29% 0.054 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1477, 0.7536, 1.5981)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C22 #0C240E

analogous

#1A0C24 #240C22 #240C16

triadic

#240C22 #22240C #0C2224

tetradic

#240C22 #241A0C #0C240E #0C1624

square

#240C22 #241A0C #0C240E #0C1624

split-complementary

#240C22 #16240C #0C241A

monochromatic

#170816 #170816 #240C22 #521B4D #802B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.25

#240C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#240C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C22

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C22	1.00	18.25	1.15	18.25
#FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#260E15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.3% 0.054 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c5d',
    500: '#240c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c22;
$custom-light: #5f4c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20294,
    "c": 0.05426,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C22

secondary

#2D5E32

accent

#DA5A4E

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C22

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

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