#240C24#240C24

#240C24 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.057 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C24
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 36)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 0%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.91, 16.92, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.91, 20.19, 326.95°)
OKLab	oklab(20.42% 0.0477 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(20.42% 0.057 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1774, 0.7655, 1.7545)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C24 #0C240C

analogous

#180C24 #240C24 #240C18

triadic

#240C24 #24240C #0C2424

tetradic

#240C24 #24180C #0C240C #0C1824

square

#240C24 #24180C #0C240C #0C1824

split-complementary

#240C24 #18240C #0C2418

monochromatic

#170817 #170817 #240C24 #521B52 #802B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.21

#240C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#240C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C24

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C24	1.00	18.21	1.15	18.21
#FFFFFF	18.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#250F16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.057 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c5e',
    500: '#240c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c24;
$custom-light: #5f4c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20421,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C24

secondary

#2D5E2D

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#050104

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C24

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

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