#240C28#240C28

#240C28 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.062 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#240C28
RGB	rgb(36, 12, 40)
HSL	hsl(291, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 70%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.15, 17.99, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.15, 22.60, 322.76°)
OKLab	oklab(20.69% 0.0483 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(20.69% 0.062 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2420, 0.7913, 2.0944)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#240C28 #10280C

analogous

#160C28 #240C28 #280C1E

triadic

#240C28 #28240C #0C2824

tetradic

#240C28 #28160C #10280C #0C1E28

square

#240C28 #28160C #10280C #0C1E28

split-complementary

#240C28 #1E280C #0C2816

monochromatic

#150718 #150718 #240C28 #4E1A57 #792886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#240C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#240C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #240C28

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##240C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##240C28	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F1727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #240c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 12, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.062 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#604c62',
    500: '#240c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #240c28;
$custom-light: #604c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#240c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20691,
    "c": 0.06151,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#240C28

secondary

#35632D

accent

#DD4B60

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#050105

muted

#797779

Preview Lab

Preview with #240C28

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

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