#240C26#240C26

#240C26 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.059 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C26
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 38)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.03, 17.45, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.03, 21.38, 324.71°)
OKLab	oklab(20.55% 0.048 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(20.55% 0.059 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2088, 0.7780, 1.9198)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C26 #0E260C

analogous

#170C26 #240C26 #260C1B

triadic

#240C26 #26240C #0C2624

tetradic

#240C26 #26170C #0E260C #0C1B26

square

#240C26 #26170C #0E260C #0C1B26

split-complementary

#240C26 #1B260C #0C2617

monochromatic

#160717 #160717 #240C26 #501B55 #7C2983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.17

#240C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C26

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C26	1.00	18.17	1.16	18.17
#FFFFFF	18.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#250F17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.059 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f4c60',
    500: '#240c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c26;
$custom-light: #5f4c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20553,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C26

secondary

#31612D

accent

#DB4C57

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C26

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

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