#240C23#240C23

#240C23 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.055 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C23
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 35)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 2.8%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.86, 16.66, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.86, 19.61, 328.21°)
OKLab	oklab(20.36% 0.0475 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(20.36% 0.055 329)
XYZ	xyz(1.1624, 0.7594, 1.6751)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C23 #0C240D

analogous

#190C24 #240C23 #240C17

triadic

#240C23 #23240C #0C2324

tetradic

#240C23 #24190C #0C240D #0C1724

square

#240C23 #24190C #0C240D #0C1724

split-complementary

#240C23 #17240C #0C2419

monochromatic

#170816 #170816 #240C23 #521B50 #802B7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.23

#240C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#240C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C23

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C23	1.00	18.23	1.15	18.23
#FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#250E15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.055 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c5e',
    500: '#240c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c23;
$custom-light: #5f4c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20357,
    "c": 0.05541,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.00759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C23

secondary

#2D5E2F

accent

#DA544E

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C23

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

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